Identification and transcriptional analysis of nitrate assimilation genes in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei

Gene

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 80-88

  Lledó, Belén ^a   Marhuenda Egea, Frutos C ^a   Martínez Espinosa, Rosa María ^a   Bonete, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloferax mediterranei; Nitrate assimilatory pathway; Operon; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ORDER; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; FERREDOXIN-NITRITE REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI;

EID: 27144454072     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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