(Methyl)ammonium transport in the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azospirillum brasilense

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2652-2659

  Van Dommelen, Anne ^a   Keijers, Veerle ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a,c   De Zamaroczy, Miklos ^b  

^a F A Janssens Lab of Genetics   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; METHYLAMMONIUM; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031896588     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2652-2659.1998     Document Type: Article

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