Cyclic AMP negatively regulates prodigiosin production by Serratia marcescens

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-167

  Kalivoda, Eric J ^a,b   Stella, Nicholas A ^a   Aston, Marissa A ^a   Fender, James E ^a   Thompson, Paul P ^a   Kowalski, Regis P ^a   Shanks, Robert M Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMP; Catabolite repression; Pigment; Prodigiosin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GLUCOSE; PIGMENT A PROTEIN; PIGMENT B PROTEIN; PIGMENT C PROTEIN; PIGMENT D PROTEIN; PIGMENT M PROTEIN; PRODIGIOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; EPISTASIS; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLIC AMP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; PRODIGIOSIN; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 77949919056     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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