Switching control of expression of ptsG from the Mlc regulon to the NagC regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4677-4686

  El Qaidi, Samir ^a   Plumbridge, Jacqueline ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; M1C PROTEIN; NAGC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; EXPERIMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PTSG GENE; REGULON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 46049110706     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00315-08     Document Type: Article

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