Identification and functional analysis of a nitrate assimilation operon nasACKBDEF from Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 463-477

  Shao, Zhihui ^a   Gao, Jin ^a,e   Ding, Xiaoming ^b   Wang, Jin ^c   Chiao, Juishen ^a   Zhao, Guoping ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amycolatopsis mediterranei; nas operon; Nitrate assimilation; Rifamycin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT A; NITRATE REDUCTASE ELECTRON TRANSFER SUBUNIT C; NITRATE REDUCTASE LARGE SUBUNIT B; NITRATE REDUCTASE SMALL SUBUNIT D; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRITE; NITRITE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN NASF; PROTEIN RIFE; RIFAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE E;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NASACKBDEF OPERON; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE METABOLISM; NOCARDIA MEDITERRANEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASE (NAD(P)H); NITRITES; NITROGEN; OPERON; RIFAMYCINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AMYCOLATOPSIS MEDITERRANEI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79959619515     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0690-0     Document Type: Article

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