Expression of uptake hydrogenase and molybdenum nitrogenase in Rhodobacter capsulatus is coregulated by the RegB-RegA two-component regulatory system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2831-2837

  Elsen, Sylvie ^a,b   Dischert, Wanda ^b   Colbeau, Annette ^b   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0034055889     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2831-2837.2000     Document Type: Article

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