title: Involvement of the bacterial phosphotransferase system in diverse mechanisms of transcriptional regulation.
abstract: A large number of genes in bacteria appear to be expressed in processes regulated by very different mechanisms dependent on the activities of the proteins of the phosphoenolpyruvate/sugar phosphotransferase system. These mechanisms include protein phosphorylation, antitermination, enhancement, antagonistic repression/activation, sensory detection involving two component systems, and other processes not yet understood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Saier
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D009876:Operon; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System