Inactivation of gltB abolishes expression of the assimilatory nitrate reductase gene (nasB) in Pseudomonas putida KT2442

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3368-3376

  Eberl, Leo ^a   Ammendola, Aldo ^a   Rothballer, Michael H ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b   Sternberg, Claus ^b   Kilstrup, Mogens ^b   Schleifer, Karl Heinz ^a   Molin, Søren ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0034045135     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3368-3376.2000     Document Type: Article

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