Characterisation of the glnK-amtB operon and the involvement of AmtB in methylammonium uptake in Azorhizobium caulinodans

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 671-677

  Michel Reydellet, N ^a   Desnoues, N ^a   De Zamaroczy, M ^a   Elmerich, C ^a   Kaminski, P A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Ammonium transport; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; METHYLAMMONIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION TRANSPORT; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0031849423     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050781     Document Type: Article

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