GlnB is specifically required for Azospirillum brasilense NifA activity in Escherichia coli

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 491-495

  Araújo, Luiza M ^a   Monteiro, Rose A ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Steffens, M Berenice R ^a   Rigo, Liu U ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; GlnB; GlnK; GlnZ; NifA; Nitrogen fixation; PII like protein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3142566473     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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