Cellobiose-Mediated Gene Expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Repressor Function of the Novel GntR-Type Regulator BguR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Shafeeq, Sulman ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Kloosterman, Tomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN BGUR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BGU GENE; CARBON METABOLIC GENE; CARBON SOURCE; CEL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLOBIOSE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; MUTATION; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874577569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057586     Document Type: Article

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