Diverse homologues of the archaeal repressor NrpR function similarly in nitrogen regulation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Lie, Thomas J ^a   Dodsworth, Jeremy A ^a   Nickle, David C ^a   Leigh, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Euryarchaeota; Methanococcus maripaludis; Nitrogen regulation; NrpR; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRP R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; METHANOCOCCUS; NITROGEN; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

EID: 34249023906     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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