Metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli creB and arcA mutants reveals shared control of carbon catabolism under microaerobic growth conditions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5538-5548

  Nikel, Pablo I ^a,c,d   Zhu, Jiangfeng ^b   San, Ka Yiu ^b   Méndez, Beatriz S ^c   Bennett, George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON 13; PROTEIN ARCAB; PROTEIN CREBC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68949163858     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00174-09     Document Type: Article

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