The Pho regulon: A huge regulatory network in bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Santos Beneit, Fernando ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; PHO box; Pho regulon; Phosphate; Regulatory networks; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; MACROLIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOMYCES; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84930934562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00402     Document Type: Review

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