GenR, an IclR-type regulator, activates and represses the transcription of gen genes involved in 3-hydroxybenzoate and gentisate catabolism in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1598-1609

  Chao, Hongjun ^a,b   Zhou, Ning Yi ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; GENTISIC ACID; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CATABOLISM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENDFM GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENKH GENE; GENR GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENTISATES; HYDROXYBENZOATES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 84875492400     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02216-12     Document Type: Article

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