Transcription of the glnB and glnA genes in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1265-1272

  Johansson, Magnus ^a   Nordlund, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

glnA; glnB; P(II) protein; Regulation of nitrogen metabolism; Rhodospirillum rubrum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0029882745     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-5-1265     Document Type: Article

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