Regulation of galactose metabolism through the HisK:GalR two-component system in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4311-4316

  Qian, Zhong ^a,b,c   Wang, Quanhui ^a,b   Tong, Wei ^a,b   Zhou, Chuanqi ^a,b   Wang, Qian ^a,b   Liu, Siqi ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^b Beijing Protein Innovation   (China)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GALACTOSE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RADIOISOTOPE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GALACTOSE REPRESSOR PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER TENGCONGENSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

THERMOANAEROBACTER TENGCONGENSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 77956547086     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00402-10     Document Type: Article

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