Yeast two-hybrid studies on interaction of proteins involved in regulation of nitrogen fixation in the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5240-5247

  Pawlowski, Alice ^a   Riedel, Kai Uwe ^a   Klipp, Werner ^a   Dreiskemper, Petra ^a   Groß, Silke ^a   Bierhoff, Holger ^a   Drepper, Thomas ^a   Masepohl, Bernd ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DRAT; PROTEIN GLNB; PROTEIN GLNK; PROTEIN NIFA1; PROTEIN NTRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; HYBRIDIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; YEAST;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042130559     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5240-5247.2003     Document Type: Article

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