Antagonism of PII signalling by the AmtB protein of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1017-1028

  Blauwkamp, Timothy A ^a   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN AMTB; PROTEIN GLNALG; PROTEIN GLNK; PROTEIN PII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; NITROGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037678786     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03479.x     Document Type: Article

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