Characterization and regulation of the gene encoding nitrite reductase in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1090-1095

  Tosques, Ivan E ^a   Kwiatkowski, Adam V ^a   Shi, Jiarong ^a   Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031047127     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1090-1095.1997     Document Type: Article

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