O2 as the regulatory signal for FNR-dependent gene regulation in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4515-4521

  Becker, Sabine ^a   Holighaus, Gaby ^a   Gabrielczyk, Thomas ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; ARCA PROTEIN, E COLI; ARCB PROTEIN, E COLI; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FNR PROTEIN, E COLI; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL GENE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0029664739     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4515-4521.1996     Document Type: Article

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