New targets of the PII signal transduction protein identified in cyanobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1225-1228

  Herrero, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 2942539083     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04075.x     Document Type: Note

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