P II signal transduction proteins: Pivotal players in post-translational control of nitrogenase activity

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-190

  Huergo, Luciano F ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Muller Santos, Marcelo ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Monteiro, Rose A ^a   Merrick, Mike ^b   Souza, Emanuel M ^a  

^a UFPR Curitiba   (Brazil)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; AMTB PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRAG PROTEIN; DRAT PROTEIN; NIFDK PROTEIN; NIFH PROTEIN; NIFI PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; AZOARCUS; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGENASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84855233812     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.049783-0     Document Type: Review

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