Repression of nitrogenase by ethanol in nitrogen-deprived cultures of Rhodovulum sulfidophilum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Maeda, I ^a   Daba, M ^a   Hirose, N ^a   Nagao, H ^a   Idehara, K ^a   Miura, Y ^a   Yagi, K ^a   Mizoguchi, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

nifHDK; Nitrogenase; Photosynthetic bacterium; Rhodovulum sulfidophilum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHANOL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 0033044507     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00592-8     Document Type: Article

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