Regulation of aerobic and anaerobic D-malate metabolism of Escherichia coli by the LysR-type regulator DmlR (YeaT)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2503-2511

  Lukas, Hanna ^a   Reimann, Julia ^a   Kim, Ok Bin ^a,b   Grimpo, Jan ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; GLYCEROL; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE FUSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATES; MUTATION; TARTRATES;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 77952070971     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01665-09     Document Type: Article

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