A novel repressor of nif and glnA expression in the methanogenic archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 235-246

  Lie, Thomas J ^a   Leigh, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRAMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCHAEGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA PURIFICATION; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMOAUTOTROPHICUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0037221867     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03293.x     Document Type: Article

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