A finely tuned regulatory circuit of the nicotinic acid degradation pathway in Pseudomonas putida

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1718-1732

  Jiménez, José Ignacio ^a,b   Juárez, Javier F ^a   García, José Luis ^a   Díaz, Eduardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYNICOTINIC ACID; 6-HYDROXYNICOTINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATOR GENE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NICOTINIC ACIDS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 79959855802     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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