Suppression of Escherichia coli formate hydrogenlyase activity by trimethylamine N-oxide is due to drainage of the inducer formate

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2657-2664

  Abaibou, Hafid ^a,c   Giordano, Gérard ^b   Mandrand Berthelot, Marie Andrée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Escherichia coli K 12; Formate hydrogenlyase; Gene expression; Trimethylamine N oxide

Indexed keywords

FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

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

EID: 0030768155     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2657     Document Type: Article

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