Recent Publications
Papers
Raposo M.P., Inácio J.M., Mota L.J., and I. de
Sá-Nogueira. 2004. Transcriptional regulation of
Arabinan-degrading genes in Bacillus
subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology 186:1287-1296.
Inácio J.M., Costa C., and I. de Sá-Nogueira. 2003.
Distinct molecular mechanisms involved in carbon catabolite repression
of the arabinose regulon in Bacillus
subtilis. Microbiology, 149:2345-2355.
Mota, L. J., Sarmento, L. M, and I. Sá-Nogueira. 2001.
Control of the ara regulon in Bacillus
subtilis by AraR in vivo: crucial roles of operators,
cooperativity and DNA looping.
Journal of Bacteriology 183:4190-4201.
Mota, L. J., Tavares, P., and I.
Sá-Nogueira. 1999. Mode of action of AraR, the key regulator of
L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus
subtilis. Molecular Microbiology 33:
476-489.
Sá-Nogueira, I., and S.
S. Ramos. 1997. Cloning, functional analysis, and transcriptional
regulation of the Bacillus subtilis: araE gene involved in L-arabinose
utilization. Journal of Bacteriology 179: 7705-7711.
Sá-Nogueira, I., and L. J.
Mota. 1997. Negative regulation of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus
subtilis: characterization of the araR (araC) gene. Journal of
Bacteriology 179: 1598-1608.
Sá–Nogueira, I., T. Nogueira, S. Soares, and H. Lencastre. 1997.
The Bacillus subtilis
L-arabinose (ara) operon:
nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression.
Microbiology 143: 957-969.
Book chapters
Spencer-Martins, I., and I. Sá-Nogueira (2003). Biotecnologia
microbiana. In Biotecnologia: Fundamentos e Aplicações
(N. Lima and M. Mota, eds), pp 249-265, Edições
Técnicas Lidel.