Transcriptional regulation of histidine biosynthesis genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-187

  Jung, Samil ^a   Chun, Jae Yeon ^a   Yim, Sei Heun ^a   Lee, Soo Suk ^b   Cheon, Choong Il ^a   Song, Eunsook ^a   Lee, Myeong Sok ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Histidine biosynthesis genes; T box mediated attenuation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID PRODUCTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE REGULATIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH MEDIUM; HISTIDINE BIOSYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; WILD TYPES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOSPHATASES;

TRANSCRIPTION;

HISTIDINE; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUTATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HISTIDINE; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77949509618     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-115     Document Type: Article

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