Cloning, sequencing, and regulation of the global nitrogen regulator gene ntcA in the unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain BH68K

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4407-4410

  Bradley, Richard L ^a,b   Reddy, K J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE;

EID: 0030808286     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4407-4410.1997     Document Type: Article

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