Nitric oxide is a signal for NNR-mediated transcription activation in Paracoccus denitrificans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 4129-4132

  Van Spanning, Rob J M ^a   Houben, Edith ^a   Reijnders, Willem N M ^a   Spiro, Stephen ^b   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a   Saunders, Neil ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0032987041     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.4129-4132.1999     Document Type: Article

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