Carbon-source-dependent nitrogen regulation in Escherichia coli is mediated through glutamine-dependent GlnB signalling

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2163-2172

  Maheswaran, Mani ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CARBON SOURCE; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041422494     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26449-0     Document Type: Review

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