Open reading frame all0601 from Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 represents a novel gene, cnaT, required for expression of the nitrate assimilation nir operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5037-5044

  Frías, José E ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN CNAT; PROTEIN NTCA; PROTEIN NTCB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041387548     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5037-5044.2003     Document Type: Article

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