Physiological role of the GlnK signal transduction protein of Escherichia coli: Survival of nitrogen starvation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 203-214

  Blauwkamp, Timothy A ^a   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLNALG; PROTEIN GLNK; PROTEIN NAC; PROTEIN PII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; NAC GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NTR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036035414     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03153.x     Document Type: Article

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