Expression of the Agmatine Deiminase Pathway in Enterococcus faecalis Is Activated by the AguR Regulator and Repressed by CcpA and PTSMan Systems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Suárez, Cristian ^a,b   Espariz, Martín ^a,b   Blancato, Víctor S ^a,b   Magni, Christian ^a,b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AGMATINE DEIMINASE; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; HPR PHOSPHORYLATED IN SERINE 46; HYDROLASE; MANNOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGUR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON CATABOLIC REPRESSION; CATABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGMATINE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; MANNOSE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885394429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076170     Document Type: Article

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