Fine-tuned transcriptional regulation of malate operons in Enterococcus faecalis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1936-1945

  Mortera, Pablo ^a,b   Espariz, Martín ^a   Suárez, Cristian ^a   Repizo, Guillermo ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^c,d   Alarcón, Sergio ^b   Blancato, Víctor ^a   Magni, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Rosario   (Argentina)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CARBON SOURCE; COMETABOLISM; COREPRESSORS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLUCOSE CONSUMPTION; IN-VITRO; MALIC ENZYMES; PUTATIVE PROTEINS; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; RESPONSE REGULATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

BACILLI; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GLUCOSE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OPERON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MALATES; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84857872840     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07280-11     Document Type: Article

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