The nac (nitrogen assimilation control) gene from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1166-1173

  Muse, Wilson B ^a   Bender, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031932849     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1166-1173.1998     Document Type: Article

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