Multiple regulatory mechanisms control the expression of the geobacillus stearothermophilus gene for extracellular xylanase

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 25957-25975

  Shulami, Smadar ^a   Shenker, Ofer ^a   Langut, Yael ^a   Lavid, Noa ^a   Gat, Orit ^a   Zaide, Galia ^a   Zehavi, Arie ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^b   Shoham, Yuval ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL DENSITY CULTURE; GEL-RETARDATION ASSAY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; XYLO- OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLR PROTEIN; XYLAN; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CELL DENSITY; CODY GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; XYLR GENE; XYNA GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT CELL; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT CELLS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XYLANS; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 84907185223     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.592873     Document Type: Article

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