Analysis of the transcriptional regulator GlpR, promoter elements, and posttranscriptional processing involved in fructose-induced activation of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent sugar phosphotransferase system in Haloferax mediterranei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1430-1440

  Cai, Lei ^a,b   Cai, Shuangfeng ^a,b   Zhao, Dahe ^a   Wu, Jinhua ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a   Liu, Xiaoqing ^a,b   Li, Ming ^a,b   Hou, Jing ^a,b   Zhou, Jian ^a   Liu, Jingfang ^a   Han, Jing ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5'-UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FRUCTOSE;

BACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGAR;

FRUCTOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84893354106     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03372-13     Document Type: Article

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