Cascade regulation of the two CRP/FNR-related transcriptional regulators (ANR and DNR) and the denitrification enzymes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1141-1148

  Aral, Hiroyuki ^a   Kodama, Tohru ^b   Igarashi, Yasuo ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030885697     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5431906.x     Document Type: Article

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