Role of the GlnK signal transduction protein in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-447

  Atkinson, Mariette R ^a   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031824606     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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