Transcriptional analysis of the nirS gene, encoding cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase, of Paracoccus pantotrophus LMD 92.63

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 509-516

  Saunders, Neil F W ^a,c   Ferguson, Stuart J ^a,b   Baker, Simon C ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrite reductase; Paracoccus pantotrophus; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; DENITRIFICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS;

EID: 0033960777     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-509     Document Type: Article

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