Characterization of the nitrate-nitrite transporter of the major facilitator superfamily (the nrtP gene product) from the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme strain ATCC 29133

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2682-2689

  Aichi, Makiko ^a   Yoshihara, Saori ^b   Yamashita, Madoka ^b   Maeda, Shin Ichi ^b   Nagai, Kazuo ^a   Omata, Tatsuo ^b  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate transporter; Post translational regulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; ALGAE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; NITRATES; WATER;

CYANOBACTERIA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER (NRT); POST TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION;

GENES;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOSTOC;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATES; NITRITES; NOSTOC; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

EID: 33751408729     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60286     Document Type: Article

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