Function and regulation of glnA in the methanogenic archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Cohen Kupiec, Rachel ^a,b   Marx, Christopher J ^b   Leigh, John A ^b  

^a InSight Ltd   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032899732     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.256-261.1999     Document Type: Article

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