Dissecting complex metabolic Integration provides direct genetic evidence for codY activation by guanine nucleotides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5637-5648

  Brinsmade, Shaun R ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CODY PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL VIABILITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIRMICUTES; ISLA VISTA VIRUS;

EID: 80053612731     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05510-11     Document Type: Article

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