Nitrogen control of the glnN gene that codes for GS type III, the only glutamine synthetase in the cyanobacterium Pseudanabaena sp. PCC 6903

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1101-1112

  Crespo, José L ^a   García Domínguez, Mario ^a   Florencio, Francisco J ^a  

^a Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDANABAENA; PSEUDANABAENA SP.; PSEUDANABAENA SP. PCC 6903; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0031770178     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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