Molecular characterization of PrpR, the transcriptional activator of propionate catabolism in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Plassmeier, Jens ^a,b   Persicke, Marcus ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Sterthoff, Charlott ^a   Rückert, Christian ^a   Kalinowski, Jörn ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon source; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Propionate; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; LAG PHASE; METABOLIC PROFILING; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MUTANT STRAIN; PROPIONATE; TEST VECTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; WILD TYPES;

GENES; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

PROPIONIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PRPR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRATES; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROPIONATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 84859511425     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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