CitA/CitB two-component system regulating citrate fermentation in Escherichia coli and its relation to the DcuS/DcuR system In vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 636-645

  Scheu, P D ^a,b   Witan, J ^a   Rauschmeier, M ^a   Graf, S ^a   Liao, Y F ^a   Ebert Jung, A ^a   Basche T ^a   Erker, W ^a   Unden, G ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CITA PROTEIN; CITB PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; DCUR PROTEIN; DCUS PROTEIN; FUMARIC ACID; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

CITRIC ACID; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84855934674     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06345-11     Document Type: Article

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