Regulation of glnB gene promoter expression in Azospirillum brasilense by the NtrC protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-40

  Huergo, Luciano F ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Steffens, M Berenice R ^a   Yates, M Geoffrey ^a   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; glnB; Nitrogen fixation; NtrC dependent promoter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NTRC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE GLNB; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038207873     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00346-X     Document Type: Article

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