Dissimilatory nitrate reductases in bacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1446, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Philippot, L ^a   Hojberg O ^b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Fnr; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PERIPLASM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033040979     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00072-X     Document Type: Review

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