Fnr, NarP, and NarL regulation of Escherichia coli K-12 napF (periplasmic nitrate reductase) operon transcription in vitro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4192-4198

  Darwin, Andrew J ^a,e   Ziegelhoffer, Eva C ^b,f   Kiley, Patricia J ^c   Stewart, Valley ^a,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYTOPLASM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031856846     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4192-4198.1998     Document Type: Article

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