Mechanism for nitrogen isotope fractionation during ammonium assimilation by Escherichia coli K12

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8696-8701

  Vo, Jason ^a   Inwood, William ^a   Hayes, John M ^b   Kustu, Sydney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOMASS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FRACTIONATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION TRANSPORT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84878145947     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216683110     Document Type: Article

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