The nitrogen interaction network in Synechococcus WH5701, a cyanobacterium with two PipX and two P II-like proteins

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1220-1228

  Laichoubi, Karim Boumediene ^a   Beez, Sabine ^b   Espinosa, Javier ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^b   Contreras, Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUTAMATE KINASE; ARGININE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN GLNB A; PROTEIN GLNB B; PROTEIN NTCA; PROTEIN PIPX 1; PROTEIN PIPX 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 79953726301     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.047266-0     Document Type: Article

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