Transcriptional repression of gdhA in Escherichia coli is mediated by the Nac protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-56

  Camarena, Laura ^a   Poggio, Sebastian ^a   García, Norma ^a   Osorio, Aurora ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; GDH; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Nac; Nitrogen control; Ntr

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032190205     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00366-8     Document Type: Article

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