Killing two birds with one stone: An ABC transporter regulates gene expression through sequestration of a transcriptional regulator at the membrane

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-601

  Görke, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; DNA; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; PROTEIN MALT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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EID: 84864823647     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08156.x     Document Type: Note

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