The involvement of transport proteins in transcriptional and metabolic regulation

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-15

  Västermark, Åke ^a   Saier Jr, Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOGEN; HEXOSE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEXOSE; PHOSPHORUS;

CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC REGULATION; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXOSES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893609793     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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