Purification of P(II) and P(II)-UMP and in vitro studies of regulation of glutamine synthetase in Rhodospirillum rubrum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6524-6529

  Johansson, Magnus ^a,b   Nordlund, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; PHOSPHATE; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0032692960     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6524-6529.1999     Document Type: Article

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