Aspartate transport by the Dct system in Rhizobium leguminosarum negatively affects nitrogen-regulated operons

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2603-2612

  Reid, Colm J ^a,b   Walshaw, David L ^a   Poole, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aap; Amino acid transport; Aspartate transport; dct; ntr

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PERMEASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0029774347     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2603     Document Type: Article

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