ABC-type neutral amino acid permease N-I is required for optimal diazotrophic growth and is repressed in the heterocysts of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1582-1592

  Picossi, Silvia ^a   Montesinos, María Luz ^a   Pernil, Rafael ^a   Lichtlé, Christiane ^b   Herrero, Antonia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERMEASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NAT GENE; NATA GENE; NATB GENE; NATC GENE; NATD GENE; NATE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; ANABAENA; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 25144508101     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04791.x     Document Type: Article

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