Tuning transcription of nutrient utilization genes to catabolic rate promotes growth in a gut bacterium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1010-1025

  Raghavan, Varsha ^a   Lowe, Elisabeth C ^b   Townsend, Guy E ^c,d,e   Bolam, David N ^b   Groisman, Eduardo A ^c,d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCURONYL HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CATABOLISM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; BACTEROIDES; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; MAMMALIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906937037     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12714     Document Type: Article

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