In vitro and in vivo regulation of assimilatory nitrite reductase from Candida utilis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Sengupta, Sagar ^a,b   Shaila, Melkote Subbarao ^a   Rao, Gannamani Ramananda ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Candida utilis; Cysteine modification; Electron donors; Nitrite reductase; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA UTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CANDIDA; CHLOROMERCURIBENZOATES; CYSTEINE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KINETICS; NAD; NADP; NITRITE REDUCTASE (NAD(P)H); NITRITE REDUCTASES; P-CHLOROMERCURIBENZOIC ACID;

CANDIDA; PICHIA JADINII;

EID: 0030824644     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050491     Document Type: Article

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