Regulation of ldh expression during biotin-limited growth of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1360-1375

  Dietrich, Christine ^a,b   Nato, Aimé ^a,b   Bost, Bruno ^a,b   le Maréchal, Pierre ^a,b   Guyonvarch, Armel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOTIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FRUCTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; FRUCTOSE 1,6 BISPHOSPHATE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SUGR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE STRAIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOTIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 65649084110     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022004-0     Document Type: Article

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