The ribosome: A metabolite-responsive transcription regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4787-4790

  Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICOZAMYCIN; CARBON; INDOLE; NITROGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RHO FACTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACZ GENE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; PRFA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TNAAB GENE; TNAC GENE; TNAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RIBOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 47249136599     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00604-08     Document Type: Note

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