Studies on the roles of GlnK and GlnB in regulating Klebsiella pneumoniae NifL-dependent nitrogen control

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-270

  Arcondéguy, Tania ^a   Van Heeswijk, Wally C ^b,c   Merrick, Mike ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; glnB; glnK; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 2542509740     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00497-8     Document Type: Article

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