Activation of a consensus FNR-dependent promoter by DNR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in response to nitrite

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Hasegawa, Norio ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b   Igarashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRP; Denitrification; FNR; Regulation: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FNR PROTEIN, E COLI; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITRITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MUTATION; NITRITES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032529962     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13892.x     Document Type: Article

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