The HypB protein dyom Bradyrhizobium japonicum can store nickel and is required for the nickel-dependent transcriptional regulation of hydrogenase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Olson, Jonathan W ^a   Fu, Changlin ^a,b   Maier, Robert J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; NICKEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYPB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; PHENOTYPE; RHIZOBIACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030612325     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3251690.x     Document Type: Article

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