Coexistence of two structurally similar but functionally different P(II) proteins in Azospirillum brasilense

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4143-4149

  De Zamaroczy, Miklos ^a,c   Paquelin, Annick ^a   Peltre, Gabriel ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^b   Elmerich, Claudine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c U de Physiol Cellulaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; URACIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CROSS REACTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0029900039     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4143-4149.1996     Document Type: Article

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