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Alexander J. Ninfa is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their academic profile reflects a focus on scientific research within this institution.

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Best Publications

  • Protein phosphorylation and regulation of adaptive responses in bacteria.

    J B Stock;A J Ninfa;A M Stock

  • Development of genetic circuitry exhibiting toggle switch or oscillatory behavior in Escherichia coli.

    Mariette R. Atkinson;Michael A. Savageau;Jesse T. Myers;Alexander J. Ninfa

  • Covalent modification of the glnG product, NRI, by the glnL product, NRII, regulates the transcription of the glnALG operon in Escherichia coli

    Alexander J. Ninfa;Boris Magasanik

  • Modular cell biology: retroactivity and insulation.

    Domitilla Del Vecchio;Alexander J Ninfa;Eduardo D Sontag

  • Is acetyl phosphate a global signal in Escherichia coli

    W R McCleary;J B Stock;A J Ninfa

  • Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of a bacterial transcriptional activator by a transmembrane receptor.

    M M Igo;A J Ninfa;J B Stock;T J Silhavy

  • Initiation of transcription at the bacterial glnAp2 promoter by purified E. coli components is facilitated by enhancers

    Alexander J. Ninfa;Lawrence J. Reitzer;Boris Magasanik

  • PII signal transduction proteins

    Alexander J Ninfa;Mariette R Atkinson

  • Crosstalk between bacterial chemotaxis signal transduction proteins and regulators of transcription of the Ntr regulon: evidence that nitrogen assimilation and chemotaxis are controlled by a common phosphotransfer mechanism.

    Alexander J. Ninfa;Elizabeth Gottlin Ninfa;Andrei N. Lupas;Ann Stock;Ann Stock

  • PII signal transduction proteins: sensors of α-ketoglutarate that regulate nitrogen metabolism

    Alexander J Ninfa;Peng Jiang

  • Role of phosphorylated metabolic intermediates in the regulation of glutamine synthetase synthesis in Escherichia coli.

    Junli Feng;M. R. Atkinson;W. Mccleary;J. B. Stock

  • Enzymological characterization of the signal-transducing uridylyltransferase/uridylyl-removing enzyme (EC 2.7.7.59) of Escherichia coli and its interaction with the PII protein.

    Peng Jiang;James A. Peliska;Alexander J. Ninfa

  • Dimerization Is Required for the Activity of the Protein Histidine Kinase CheA That Mediates Signal Transduction in Bacterial Chemotaxis

    Michael G. Surette;Mikhail Levit;Yi Liu;Gudrun Lukat

  • Mechanism of autophosphorylation of Escherichia coli nitrogen regulator II (NRII or NtrB): trans-phosphorylation between subunits.

    E G Ninfa;M R Atkinson;E S Kamberov;A J Ninfa

  • The Escherichia coli PII Signal Transduction Protein Is Activated upon Binding 2-Ketoglutarate and ATP

    Emmanuel S. Kamberov;Mariette R. Atkinson;Alexander J. Ninfa

  • A bacterial environmental sensor that functions as a protein kinase and stimulates transcriptional activation.

    M M Igo;A J Ninfa;T J Silhavy

  • Characterization of the regulon controlled by the leucine-responsive regulatory protein in Escherichia coli.

    B R Ernsting;M R Atkinson;A J Ninfa;R G Matthews

  • The regulation of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase revisited: role of 2-ketoglutarate in the regulation of glutamine synthetase adenylylation state.

    Peng Jiang;James A. Peliska;Alexander J. Ninfa

  • Role of the GlnK signal transduction protein in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation in Escherichia coli

    Mariette R. Atkinson;Alexander J. Ninfa

  • Mechanism ofAutophosphorylation ofEscherichia coli Nitrogen Regulator II (NRI, orNtrB): trans-Phosphorylation between Subunits

    Emmanuel S. Kamberov;Alexander J. Ninfa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann M. Stock
Ann M. Stock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Austin Newton
Austin Newton Princeton University
Sofia D. Merajver
Sofia D. Merajver University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eduardo D. Sontag
Eduardo D. Sontag Northeastern University
Andrei N. Lupas
Andrei N. Lupas Max Planck Society
Barry L. Wanner
Barry L. Wanner Harvard University
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Ananda M. Chakrabarty
Ananda M. Chakrabarty University of Illinois at Chicago

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