HbaR, a 4-hydroxybenzoate sensor and FNR-CRP superfamily member, regulates anaerobic 4-hydroxybenzoate degradation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Egland, Paul G ^a   Harwood, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COENZYME A; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NITRATE; OXYGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SUCCINIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0033987161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.100-106.2000     Document Type: Article

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