Escherichia coli K-12 genes essential for the synthesis of c-type cytochromes and a third nitrate reductase located in the periplasm

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 467-481

  Grove, J ^a   Tanapongpipat, S ^a   Thomas, G ^a   Griffiths, L ^a   Crooke, H ^a   Cole, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030033752     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.383914.x     Document Type: Article

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