Regulation of sugar catabolism in Lactococcus lactis

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Kowalczyk, Magdalena ^a   Bardowski, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

BglR; Biochemical regulation; CcpA; Genetic regulation; Regulation; Sugar catabolism control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; HPR PROTEIN; LACR PROTEIN; PROTEIN FRUR; PROTEIN MALR; PROTEIN SACA; PROTEIN SACB; PROTEIN SACK; PROTEIN SACR; PROTEIN XYLR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34247334638     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410601172164     Document Type: Review

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