Systematic characterization of a novel gal operon in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1717-1725

  Qian, Zhong ^a,b   Meng, Bo ^a,b   Wang, Quanhui ^c   Wang, Zhuowei ^a,b   Zhou, Chuanqi ^a,b   Wang, Qian ^a,b   Tu, Shuyang ^a,b   Lin, Liang ^a,b   Ma, Yanhe ^c   Liu, Siqi ^a,b  

^a China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^b Beijing Proteomics Institute   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSE 1 EPIMERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN GAL; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; GALACTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER TENGCONGENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

THERMOANAEROBACTER TENGCONGENSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 66849093373     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.025536-0     Document Type: Article

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