The cydR gene product, required for regulation of cytochrome bd expression in the obligate aerobe Azotobacter vinelandii, is an Fnr-like protein

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2197-2207

  Wu, Guanghui ^a   Hill, Susan ^b   Kelly, Mark J S ^a,c   Sawers, Gary ^b   Poole, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Cytochrome bd; Fnr; narG lacZ; Obligate aerobe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME D; GENE PRODUCT; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030741757     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2197     Document Type: Article

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