Expression of P(II) and glutamine synthetase is regulated by P(II), the ntrBC products, and processing of the glnBA mRNA in Rhodospirillum rubrum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6530-6534

  Cheng, Jiujun ^a,b   Johansson, Magnus ^a,c   Nordlund, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA PROCESSING;

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

EID: 0032693330     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6530-6534.1999     Document Type: Article

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