Decoupling of ammonium regulation and ntcA transcription in the diazotrophic marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS101

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-637

  Post, Anton F ^a,b   Rihtman, Branko ^c   Wang, Qingfeng ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; N assimilation; nitrogen fixation; ntcA; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; N NITROSOTIMONACIC; N-NITROSOTHIAZOLIDINE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UREA;

AMMONIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN FIXATION; UREA;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; THIAZOLIDINES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UREA;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM SP.;

EID: 84857108895     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.121     Document Type: Article

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