Characterization of the glnB gene product of Nostoc punctiforme strain ATCC 29133: glnB or the P(II) protein may be essential

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1537-1547

  Hanson, Thomas E ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^b   Tandeau De Marsac, Nicole ^c   Meeks, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Diazotrophic cyanobacterium; GlnB gene; Nostoc punctiforme; P(II)protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0031779359     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1537     Document Type: Article

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