Comparative functional analysis of the lac operons in Streptococcus pyogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-280

  Loughman, Jennifer A ^a   Caparon, Michael G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; TAGATOSE; TAGATOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; LACTOSE OPERON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEXOSEPHOSPHATES; LAC OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 34247335509     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05663.x     Document Type: Article

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