Involvement of the narJ and mob gene products in distinct steps in the biosynthesis of the molybdoenzyme nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 875-884

  Palmer, Tracy ^b   Santini, Claire Lise ^a   Iobbi Nivol, Chantal ^a   Eaves, Deborah J ^b   Boxer, David H ^b   Giordano, Gerard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM ENZYME; NITRATE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PTERINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029882611     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02525.x     Document Type: Article

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