Involvement of GlnK, a PII protein, in control of nitrogen fixation and ammonia assimilation in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  He, Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Ming ^a   Xie, Zhihong ^a,d   Yan, Yongliang ^a   Li, Hongquan ^a   Fan, Ying ^a   Ping, Shuzhen ^a   Lin, Min ^a   Elmerich, Claudine ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia assimilation; GlnK; Glutamine synthetase; nif gene regulation; Nitrogen fixation; PII; Pseudomonas stutzeri; Yeast two hybrid assay

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLNA PROTEIN; GLNK PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; NIFL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; NTRC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NIFA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NIFL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMTB GENE; AMTB1 GENE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MODULATION; MUTANT; NIFA GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 39049084340     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0354-x     Document Type: Article

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