The glnAntrBC operon of Herbaspirillum seropedicae is transcribed by two oppositely regulated promoters upstream of glnA

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-105

  Schwab, Stefan ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Yates, Marshall G ^a   Persuhn, Darlene C ^a   Steffens, M Berenice R ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Rigo, Liu U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

glnAntrBC operon; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; Nitrogen assimilation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; NITROGEN ASSIMILATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BINDING ENERGY; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DINUCLEOTIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLNA; PROTEIN NTRB; PROTEIN NTRC; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HERBASPIRILLUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE;

EID: 34247099711     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-113     Document Type: Article

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