The napF and narG nitrate reductase operons in Escherichia coli are differentially expressed in response to submicromolar concentrations of nitrate but not nitrite

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5303-5308

  Wang, Henian ^a   Tseng, Ching Ping ^a,b   Gunsalus, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032835980     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5303-5308.1999     Document Type: Article

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