Corynebacterium glutamicum whcB, a stationary phase-specific regulatory gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 327, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Park, Joon Song ^a,d   Kim, Hyung Joon ^b   Kim, Younhee ^c   Lee, Heung Shick ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b CJ Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Semyung University   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Oxidative stress; whcB; whcE; whiB

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WCHE GENE; WHCB GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 84855783736     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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