The unique set of putative membrane-associated anti-σ factors in Clostridium thermocellum suggests a novel extracellular carbohydrate-sensing mechanism involved in gene regulation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-93

  Kahel Raifer, Hamutal ^a   Jindou, Sadanari ^a   Bahari, Liat ^b   Nataf, Yakir ^c   Shoham, Yuval ^c   Bayer, Edward A ^b   Borovok, Ilya ^a   Lamed, Raphael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative factor; Anti factor; Carbohydrate binding module (CBM); Glycoside hydrolase (GH); ^{I< sup> modulating factor RsgI}

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMASS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PAPYROSOLVENS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LECTINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPERON; PECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 77953143732     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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