A novel autoregulation mechanism of fnrN expression in Rhizobium leguminosarum by viciae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 477-486

  Colombo, Mar�a Victoria ^a   Gutiérrez, Delia ^a   Palacios, José Manuel ^a   Imperial, Juan ^a   Ruiz Argüeso, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PEAS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0034108169     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01867.x     Document Type: Article

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