Role of the periplasmic domain of the Escherichia coli NarX sensor-transmitter protein in nitrate-dependent signal transduction and gene regulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 901-911

  Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^a,b   Chiang, Robin C ^a   Kalman, Lisa V ^a,c   Gunsalus, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029843812     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.491422.x     Document Type: Article

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