Roles of DctA and DctB in signal detection by the dicarboxylic acid transport system of Rhizobium leguminosarum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2660-2669

  Reid, Colm J ^a,b   Poole, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; LIGAND; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0031896855     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2660-2669.1998     Document Type: Article

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