I do it my way: Regulation of ammonium uptake and ammonium assimilation in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-88

  Burkovski, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Corynebacterium; Mycobacterium; Nitrogen control; Nitrogen regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037283417     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0505-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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