RamA, the transcriptional regulator of acetate metabolism in Corynebacterium glutamicum, is subject to negative autoregulation

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Cramer, Annette ^a   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate metabolism; Carbon source dependent transcriptional regulation; Corynebacterium glutamicum; LuxR type regulator; Negative autoregulation; RamA

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RAMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON, INITIATOR; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 33845787931     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096459     Document Type: Article

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