The central carbohydrate metabolism of the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote Thermoproteus tenax: Pathways and insights into their regulation

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-245

  Zaparty, Melanie ^a   Tjaden, Britta ^a   Hensel, Reinhard ^a   Siebers, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Central carbohydrate metabolism; Embden Meyerhof Parnas pathway; Entner Doudoroff pathway; Hyperthermophile; Regulation of metabolism; Thermoproteus tenax

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; SULFUR;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON DYNAMICS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFUR; THERMOPROTEUS;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX;

EID: 49749100770     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0375-5     Document Type: Article

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