Global transcriptional analysis of nitrogen fixation and ammonium repression in root-associated Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Yan, Yongliang ^a   Ping, Shuzhen ^a   Peng, Junping ^b   Han, Yunlei ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Yang, Jian ^b   Dou, Yuetan ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Fan, Huili ^a   Fan, Ying ^a   Li, Danhua ^a   Zhan, Yuhua ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Lu, Wei ^a,c   Zhang, Wei ^a,c   Cheng, Qi ^a,d   Jin, Qi ^b   Lin, Min ^a,c  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^c National Plant Gene Research Center   (China)

^d TWISTDX LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION D SPECIFIC REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGEN FIXATION H SPECIFIC REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGEN FIXATION INDUCIBLE PROTEIN; NITROGEN FIXATION K SPECIFIC REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGEN FIXATION SPECIFIC REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGEN REGULATION PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN PNFA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM REPRESSION; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT;

AZOARCUS SP.; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII AVOP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 76749127102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-11     Document Type: Article

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