Adaptation of AmtR-controlled gene expression by modulation of AmtR binding activity in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 154, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Hasselt, Kristin ^a   Rankl, Simone ^a   Worsch, Stefanie ^a   Burkovski, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Nitrogen control; Nitrogen regulation; TetR

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATIONS; BINDING ACTIVITIES; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NITROGEN CONTROL; NITROGEN LIMITATION; NITROGEN REGULATION; STRINGENT REGULATIONS; TETR; WILD TYPES;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION;

BINDING SITES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN AMTR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; NITROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 79958697326     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.930     Document Type: Article

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