Oxygen-controlled regulation of the flavohemoglobin gene in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3803-3808

  Lacelle, Michael ^a   Kumano, Miyuki ^b   Kurita, Kenji ^b   Yamane, Kunio ^b   Zuber, Peter ^a   Nakano, Michiko M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FLAVOPROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ALCALIGENES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0029967350     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3803-3808.1996     Document Type: Article

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