NtrC is required for control of Klebsiella pneumonine NifL activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7446-7455

  He, Luhong ^a   Soupene, Eric ^a   Kustu, Sydney ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030722642     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7446-7455.1997     Document Type: Article

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