Mechanism for regulation of the putrescine utilization pathway by the transcription factor PuuR in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3437-3447

  Nemoto, Naoki ^a   Kurihara, Shin ^a,b   Kitahara, Yuzuru ^a,b   Asada, Kei ^a,b   Kato, Kenji ^b   Suzuki, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NITROGEN; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SUCCINIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PUUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA PROBE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PUU GENE; PUUA GENE; PUUD GENE; PUUR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PUTRESCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864022425     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00097-12     Document Type: Article

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