Insights into the NrpR regulon in Methanosarcina mazei Gö1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-332

  Weidenbach, Katrin ^a   Ehlers, Claudia ^a   Kock, Jutta ^a   Ehrenreich, Armin ^b   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Global transcription regulation; nif genes; Nitrogen regulation; NrpR Methanosarcina mazei

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NRPR PROTEIN; PUROMYCIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZIE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; UPREGULATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ARCHAEAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1;

EID: 49749117821     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0369-3     Document Type: Article

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