Glucose- and glucokinase-controlled mal gene expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 701-712

  Lengsfeld, Christina ^a   Schönert, Stefan ^a   Dippel, Renate ^a   Boos, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCOGEN; MALQ PROTEIN; MALT PROTEIN; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; 4 ALPHA-GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MALT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME SYSTEM; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 63449119985     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00767-08     Document Type: Article

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