Inhibition of glutamine synthetase II expression by the product of the gstI gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 443-452

  Spinosa, M ^a   Riccio, A ^a   Mandrich, L ^a   Manco, G ^a,c   Lamberti, A ^a   Iaccarino, M ^a   Merrick, M ^b   Patriarca, E J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c IBPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE ISOLATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033913744     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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