Glutamate metabolism in bacillus subtilis: Gene expression and enzyme activities evolved to avoid futile cycles and to allow rapid responses to perturbations of the system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3557-3564

  Commichau, Fabian M ^a   Gunka, Katrin ^a   Landmann, Jens J ^a   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; OPERON; SUBSTRATE CYCLING;

EID: 47049089928     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00099-08     Document Type: Article

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