NtrC-dependent regulatory network for nitrogen assimilation in Pseudomonas putida

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6123-6135

  Hervás, Ana B ^a   Canosa, Inés ^a   Little, Richard ^b   Dixon, Ray ^b   Santero, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NTRC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 70349161663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00744-09     Document Type: Article

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