Transcriptional regulation in response to oxygen and nitrate of the operons encoding the [NiFe] hydrogenases 1 and 2 of Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2903-2912

  Richard, Derek J ^a   Sawers, Gary ^b   Sargent, Frank ^c   McWalter, Laura ^a   Boxer, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic gene regulation; Escherichia coli; Nitrate regulation; Transcription; NiFe hydrogenases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROGENASE; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032873183     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2903     Document Type: Article

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