Expression of the Escherichia coli NRZ nitrate reductase is highly growth phase dependent and is controlled by RpoS, the alternative vegetative sigma factor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 756-766

  Chang, Lily ^a   Wei, Linda I C ^a   Audia, Jonathon P ^a   Morton, Richard A ^a   Schellhorn, Herb E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032703638     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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