Mutations affecting motifs of unknown function in the central domain of nitrogen regulatory protein C

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5443-5454

  Li, Jieli ^d   Passaglia, Luciane ^a,d   Rombel, Irene ^b,d   Yan, Dalai ^d   Kustu, Sydney ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVATOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032865878     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5443-5454.1999     Document Type: Article

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