Expanded role for the nitrogen assimilation control protein in the response of Klebsiella pneumoniae to nitrogen stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4812-4820

  Frisch, Ryan L ^a,b   Bender, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ASSIMILATION CONTROL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; STRESS; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77957366332     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00931-09     Document Type: Article

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