The Role of the nirQOP Genes in energy conservation during anaerobic growth of pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1995-1999

  Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kodama, Tohru ^b   Igarashi, Yasuo ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Cytochrome oxidase; Denitrification; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032176419     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1995     Document Type: Article

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