Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 829-839

  Fujita, Yasutaro ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroshi ^a   Hirooka, Kazutake ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FABT PROTEIN; FADR PROTEIN; FAPR PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; MALONYL COENZYME A; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; GENE REPRESSION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 35748970454     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05947.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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