In vivo activity of the nitrogen control transcription factor NtcA is subjected to metabolic regulation in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Luque, Ignacio ^a,b   Vázquez Bermúdez, María Félix ^a   Paz Yepes, Javier ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen regulation; NtcA activity regulation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NTCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 2942718541     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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