The global nitrogen regulator NtcA regulates transcription of the signal transducer P(II) (GlnB) and influences its phosphorylation level in response to nitrogen and carbon supplies in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2697-2702

  Lee, Hyun Mi ^a   Vásquez Bermúdez, María Félix ^b   De Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENE PRODUCT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0345643316     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2697-2702.1999     Document Type: Article

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