Computational analysis of cysteine and methionine metabolism and its regulation in dairy starter and related bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3522-3533

  Liu, Mengjin ^a,b,g   Prakash, Celine ^b,h   Nauta, Arjen ^a   Siezen, Roland J ^b,c,d,e,f   Francke, Christof ^b,d,e,f  

^a FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Kluyver Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation   (Netherlands)

^e Netherlands Bioinformatics Center   (Netherlands)

^f TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^g Hero Huishan Nutrition Co Ltd   (China)

^h AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFURIC ACID; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DAIRY PRODUCT; DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LEUCONOSTOCACEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE; DAIRYING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LACTOBACILLALES; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROCOCCACEAE; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LEUCONOSTOCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 84864001540     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06816-11     Document Type: Article

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