Nitrate and nitrite-mediated transcription antitermination control of nasF (Nitrate assimilation) operon expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae M5al

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-435

  Lin, Janine T ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitermination; General nitrogen control; Nitrate assimilation; Regulation; Transcription attenuation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030004961     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0098     Document Type: Article

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