Gene cluster for dissimilatory nitrite reductase (nir) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Sequencing and identification of a locus for heme d1 biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Kawasaki, Shinji ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b   Kodama, Tohru ^c   Igarashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HEME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031019834     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.235-242.1997     Document Type: Article

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