Identification and characterization of hupT, a gene involved in negative regulation of hydrogen oxidation in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 5085-5089

  Van Soom, C ^a   Lerouge, I ^a   Vanderleyden, J ^a   Ruiz Argueso T ^b   Palacios, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0032817687     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.5085-5089.1999     Document Type: Article

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