Positive regulation by nitrite of the nitrate assimilation operon in the cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 and Plectonema boryanum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5822-5825

  Kikuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Aichi, Makiko ^a   Suzuki, Iwane ^a,b   Omata, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029795822     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5822-5825.1996     Document Type: Article

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