Hfq is required for optimal nitrate assimilation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3546-3555

  Puerta Fernández, Elena ^a   Vioque, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CNAT PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NTCB PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 79960413277     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00254-11     Document Type: Article

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