Isolation and sequence analysis of the GlnKamtB 1 amtB 2 gene cluster, encoding a P II homologue and two putative ammonium transporters, from Pseudomonas stutzeri A15

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Vermeiren, Hans ^a   Keijers, Veerle ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammonium transporter; glnKamtB; Nitrogen fixation; PII nitrogen regulatory protein; Pseudomonas stutzeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

AMTB PROTEIN, E COLI; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLNK PROTEIN, AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036214719     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170290019928     Document Type: Article

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