Mutations at pipX suppress lethality of PII-deficient mutants of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4863-4869

  Espinosa, Javier ^a   Castells, Miguel Angel ^a   Laichoubi, Karim Boumediene ^a   Contreras, Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN PIPX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON BALANCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GLNB GENE; LETHALITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUTANT; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PIPX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

EID: 67749124086     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00557-09     Document Type: Article

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