Transcriptional regulation of the Clostridium cellulolyticum cip-cel operon: A complex mechanism involving a catabolite-responsive element

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1499-1506

  Abdou, Laetitia ^a,b   Boileau, Céline ^a   De Philip, Pascale ^a,b   Pagès, Sandrine ^a,b   Fiérobe, Henri Pierre ^a   Tardif, Chantal ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; MESSENGER RNA; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CATABOLITE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; CIPC GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLULASE; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM;

EID: 39749140337     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01160-07     Document Type: Article

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