Evidence for synergistic control of glutamate biosynthesis by glutamate dehydrogenases and glutamate in Bacillus subtilis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3379-3390

  Stannek, Lorena ^a   Thiele, Martin J ^a   Ischebeck, Till ^b   Gunka, Katrin ^a   Hammer, Elke ^c   Völker, Uwe ^c   Commichau, Fabian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLTC PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84938489411     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12813     Document Type: Article

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