Expression of the glutamyl-tRNA synthetase gene from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 depends on nitrogen availability and the global regulator NtcA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1157-1167

  Luque, Ignacio ^a,b   Contreras, Asunción ^b   Zabulon, Gérald ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^c   Houmard, Jean ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c CSIC JA USE Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja CICIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0036433557     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03236.x     Document Type: Article

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