GlnB/GlnK PII proteins and regulation of the Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 nitrogen stress response and symbiotic function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2473-2481

  Yurgel, Svetlana N ^a   Rice, Jennifer ^a   Mulder, Monika ^a   Kahn, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLN B PROTEIN; GLN D PROTEIN; GLN K PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGEN SENSING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77952021761     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01657-09     Document Type: Article

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