In vivo studies disprove an obligatory role of azurin in denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and show that azu expression is under control of RpoS and ANR

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2853-2863

  Vijgenboom, Erik ^a   Busch, Julie E ^a   Canters, Gerard W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; ANR; Azurin; Redox stress; rpoS

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; CYTOCHROME C; NITRITE REDUCTASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030771742     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-2853     Document Type: Article

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