Characterisation of Escherichia coli K-12 mutants defective in formate-dependent nitrite reduction: Essential roles for hemN and the menFDBCE operon

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 403-411

  Tyson, K ^a   Metheringham, R ^a   Griffiths, L ^a   Cole, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic electron transfer; Cytochrome c biosynthesis; Formate dependent nitrite reduction; hemN; Menaquinones; Nitrite reductase mutants

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; MENAQUINONE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; UBIQUINONE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMIC ACIDS; GLYCEROL; HEME; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; NAPHTHOQUINONES; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; VITAMIN K;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0030664823     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050515     Document Type: Article

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