Negative regulation of expression of the nitrate assimilation nirA operon in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2769-2778

  Frías, José Enrique ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NIRA PROTEIN; NIRB PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; NTCB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANABAENA SP.;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77952572637     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01668-09     Document Type: Article

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