Transcriptional cross-regulation between gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, demonstrated using argP-argO of Escherichia coli and LysG-lysE of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5657-5666

  Marbaniang, Carmelita N ^a   Gowrishankar, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE O; ARGININE P; CURVED DNA; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; LYSINE E; LYSINE G; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84868547400     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00947-12     Document Type: Article

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