Cloning and characterization of nnrR, whose product is required for the expression of proteins involved in nitric oxide metabolism in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4958-4964

  Tosques, Ivan E ^a   Shi, Jiarong ^a   Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES 2.4.1; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029762373     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4958-4964.1996     Document Type: Article

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