Characterization of the primary starch utilization operon in the obligate anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis: Regulation by carbon source and oxygen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4663-4672

  Spence, Cheryl ^a   Wells, W Greg ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALTOSE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; STARCH;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; OSUA GENE; OSUD GENE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMYLASES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 33745451008     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00125-06     Document Type: Article

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