The C-terminal receiver domain of the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae FixL protein is required for free-living microaerobic induction of the fnrN promoter

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3703-3713

  Boesten, Bert ^a   Priefer, Ursula B ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCURONIDASE; HEMEPROTEINS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 9144235764     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27323-0     Document Type: Article

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