Involvement of EupR, a response regulator of the NarL/FixJ family, in the control of the uptake of the compatible solutes ectoines by the halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rodríguez Moya, Javier ^a   Argandõa, Montserrat ^a   Reina Bueno, Mercedes ^a   Nieto, Joaquín J ^a   Iglesias Guerra, Fernando ^a   Jebbar, Mohamed ^b,c   Vargas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Campus Beaulieu   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ECTOINE; MANGANESE; PROTEIN EUPR; PROTEIN FIXJ; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN NARL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS AFFECTING WATER, MOLECULE OR ION TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIAMINO ACID; FIXJ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYECTOINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON SOURCE; CHROMOHALOBACTER SALEXIGENS; DNA BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GROWTH RATE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MNTR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SALINITY; SOLUTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; CHROMOHALOBACTER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOHALOBACTER SALEXIGENS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CHROMOHALOBACTER; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 77957731230     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-256     Document Type: Article

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