Co-regulation of the nitrogen-assimilatory gene cluster in Clostridium saccharobutylicum

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3081-3090

  Stutz, Helen E ^a   Quixley, Keith W M ^a   McMaster, Lynn D ^b   Reid, Sharon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BACTERIAL DNA; BUTANOL; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM SACCHAROBUTYLICUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM SACCHAROBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34948821807     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/005371-0     Document Type: Article

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