Analysis of the hydA locus of Escherichia coli: Two genes (hydN and hypF) involved in formate and hydrogen metabolism

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 333-341

  Maier, Thomas ^a   Binder, Ursula ^a   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formate regulon; Nickel incorporation; Protein maturation; Sigma54; NiFe Hydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; FORMIC ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NICKEL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0029901484     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050335     Document Type: Article

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