Transcriptional regulation of the methionine and cysteine transport and metabolism in streptococci

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-215

  Kovaleva, Galina Yu ^a   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

CmbR; Cysteine biosynthesis; Methionine biosynthesis; MtaR; Regulation of transcription; Streptococci

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FIRMICUTES;

EID: 35448998130     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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