Robust control of nitrogen assimilation by a bifunctional enzyme in E. coli

Molecular Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-127

  Hart, Yuval ^a   Madar, Daniel ^a   Yuan, Jie ^b   Bren, Anat ^a   Mayo, Avraham E ^a   Rabinowitz, Joshua D ^b   Alon, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 78650718305     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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