Complex transcriptional regulation of citrate metabolism in Clostridium perfringens

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-54

  Yuan, Yonghui ^a   Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Yoshizawa, Satoko ^a   Shimizu, Tohru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Pathogenesis; Two component system

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIT GENE; CITG GENE; CITI GENE; CITRIC ACID METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

CITRIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VECTORS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84856713626     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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