Role of PII proteins in nitrogen fixation control of Herbaspirillum seropedicae strain SmR1

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Noindorf, Lilian ^a   Bonatto, Ana C ^a   Monteiro, Rose A ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Rigo, Liu U ^a   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^a   Steffens, Maria Br ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GLNB GENE; GLNK GENE; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROMOTER REGION;

HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HERBASPIRILLUM; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78651076399     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-8     Document Type: Article

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