CcpA-dependent carbohydrate catabolite repression regulates galactose metabolism in Streptococcus oligofermentans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3824-3832

  Cai, Jun ^a   Tong, Huichun ^a   Qi, Fengxia ^b   Dong, Xiuzhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS OLIGOFERMENTANS;

BINDING SITES; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GALACTOSE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSE; LUCIFERASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS OLIGOFERMENTANS;

EID: 84866342443     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00156-12     Document Type: Article

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