Synthetic lac operator substitutions for studying the nitrate- and nitrite-responsive NarX-NarL and NarQ-NarP two-component regulatory systems of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2104-2111

  Stewart, Valley ^a   Bledsoe, Peggy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NARL PROTEIN; NARP PROTEIN; NARQ PROTEIN; NARX PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTOSE OPERON; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037377805     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2104-2111.2003     Document Type: Article

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