Identification of NH4+ -regulated genes of Herbaspirillum seropedicae by random insertional mutagenesis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-386

  Schwab, Stefan ^a   Ramos, Humberto J ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Yates, Marshall G ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Rigo, Liu U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; Insertional mutagenesis; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER; ARGINASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HERBASPIRILLUM; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34247115556     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0202-9     Document Type: Article

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