Induction of the Escherichia coli cysK gene by genetic and environmental factors

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-95

  Yamamoto, Kaneyoshi ^a,b   Oshima, Taku ^c   Nonaka, Gen ^d   Ito, Hisao ^d   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

CysB; cysK promoter; Cysteine synthase A; Escherichia coli; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE A; LITHIUM; O ACETYLSERINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PROTEIN CYSB; PROTEIN CYSE; SERINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSK GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LITHIUM; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052781624     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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