Nitrogen regulation in bacteria and archaea

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 349-377

  Leigh, John A ^a   Dodsworth, Jeremy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

2 oxoglutarate; GlnB K; NifI; PII protein

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GLNB K; PROTEIN P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EURYARCHAEOTA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EURYARCHAEOTA;

EID: 35448984675     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093409     Document Type: Review

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