Sinorhizobium meliloti putA gene regulation: A new model within the family Rhizobiaceae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1935-1941

  Soto, María José ^a   Jiménez Zurdo, José Ignacio ^a   Van Dillewijn, Pieter ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; PERMEASE; PROLINE; PROLINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PROLINE; PROLINE OXIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ENTERIC BACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0001413058     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1935-1941.2000     Document Type: Article

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