The effects of mutation of the anr gene on the aerobic respiratory chain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Ray, Anjana ^a   Williams, Huw D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Cytochrome; Cytochrome c peroxidase; Cytochrome oxidase; Fnr; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMICIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031573035     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00429-1     Document Type: Article

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