Roles of SpoT and FNR in NH4+ assimilation and osmoregulation in GOGAT (glutamate synthase)-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4105-4114

  Saroja, G N ^a   Gowrishankar, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; RECOMBINANT DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOREGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029945564     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4105-4114.1996     Document Type: Article

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