Role of the Synechococcus PCC 7942 nitrogen regulator protein PipX in NtcA-controlled processes

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 711-718

  Espinosa, Javier ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^b   Contreras, Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN NTCA; PROTEIN PIPX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; PHYCOBILISOMES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

EID: 33947367418     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/003574-0     Document Type: Article

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