The homologous regulators ANR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and FNR of Escherichia coli have overlapping but distinct specificities for anaerobically inducible promoters

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 685-693

  Winteler, Harald V ^a   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic control; ANR; arcD ABC operon; FNR; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DENITRIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029863879     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-3-685     Document Type: Article

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