Escherichia coli glutathionylspermidine synthetase/amidase: Phylogeny and effect on regulation of gene expression

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-140

  Chattopadhyay, Manas K ^a   Chen, Weiping ^a   Tabor, Herbert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Enterobacteria; Microarray; Polyamines; Spermidine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONYLSPERMIDINE; GLUTATHIONYLSPERMIDINE SYNTHETASE; POLYAMINE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFUR; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOSS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; UPREGULATION;

AMIDE SYNTHASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SPERMIDINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; KINETOPLASTIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871715452     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12035     Document Type: Article

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