Nitrogen Assimilation and Global Regulation in Escherichia coli

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-176

  Reitzer, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

54; Lrp; Metabolic integration; Ntr response; ppGpp

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; LEUCINE; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REGULON; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMMONIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0242276682     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.57.030502.090820     Document Type: Review

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