Genetic evidence for 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) as a negative effector of cytochrome terminal oxidase cbb3 production in Rhizobium etli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 665-673

  Soberon M ^a   Lopez, O ^a   Miranda, J ^a   Tabche, M L ^a   Morera, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electron transport cbb3 terminal oxidase; fixNOQP; Purine metabolism; Root nodule symbiosis

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 4 IMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE RIBOSIDE; AMIDOPHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; RHIZOBIUM;

AMIDOPHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOIMIDAZOLE CARBOXAMIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PURINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RIBONUCLEOTIDES; TETRAMETHYLPHENYLENEDIAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030998452     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050464     Document Type: Article

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