Characterization of the hcnABC gene cluster encoding hydrogen cyanide synthase and anaerobic regulation by ANR in the strictly aerobic biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3187-3196

  Laville, Jacques ^a   Blumer, Caroline ^b   Von Schroetter, Christine ^a   Gaia, Valeria ^a,c   Défago, Geneviève ^a   Keel, Christoph ^b   Haas, Dieter ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; THIELAVIOPSIS BASICOLA;

EID: 0031750270     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3187-3196.1998     Document Type: Article

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