Asymmetric cross-regulation between the nitrate-responsive NarX-NarL and NarQ-NarP two-component regulatory systems from Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 394-412

  Noriega, Chris E ^a   Lin, Hsia Yin ^a   Chen, Li Ling ^a   Williams, Stanly B ^b   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; PROTEIN NARL; PROTEIN NARP; PROTEIN NARQ; PROTEIN NARX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 74349106185     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06987.x     Document Type: Article

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