Azorhizobium caulinodans P(II) and GlnK proteins control nitrogen fixation and ammonia assimilation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2655-2658

  Michel Reydellet, Nathalie ^a,c   Kaminski, P Alexandre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLNK PROTEIN, AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADENYLATION; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RHIZOBIACEAE;

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

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0032587948     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2655-2658.1999     Document Type: Article

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