The glycerol-dependent metabolic persistence of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 reflects the regulatory logic of the GlpR repressor

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Nikel, Pablo I ^a   Romero Campero, Francisco J ^b   Zeidman, Joshua A ^c   Goñi Moreno, Ángel ^a   de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA-GLYCEROPHOSPHORIC ACID; CARBON; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLP GENE; GLPD GENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

CARBON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928793736     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00340-15     Document Type: Article

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