Identification of an assimilatory nitrate reductase in mutants of Paracoccus denitrificans GB17 deficient in nitrate respiration

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-66

  Sears, Heather J ^a   Little, Phillip J ^a   Richardson, David J ^a   Berks, Ben C ^a   Spiro, Stephen ^a   Ferguson, Stuart J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nitrate assimilation; nitrate reductase; Paracoccus denitrificans; Thiosphaera pantotropha

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031056696     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050417     Document Type: Article

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