Regulons of global transcription factors in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 45-60

  Toyoda, Koichi ^a   Inui, Masayuki ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Regulon; Transcription factor; Transcriptional regulation; Transcriptional regulatory network

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY NETWORKS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; DNA; GLXR PROTEIN; GNTR1 PROTEIN; GNTR2 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SUGR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; POLYMER;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; REGULON; REVIEW; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84952990024     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7074-3     Document Type: Review

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