Involvement of the arginine repressor in lysine biosynthesis of Thermus thermophilus

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3585-3594

  Fujiwara, Kei ^a   Tsubouchi, Taishi ^a   Kuzuyama, Tomohisa ^a   Nishiyama, Makoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Harima Institute Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLOBAL ARGININE REGULATOR PROTEIN; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33846009421     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.29222-0     Document Type: Article

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