Mechanism, regulation, and ecological role of bacterial cyanide biosynthesis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 170-177

  Blumer, Caroline ^a   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic control; Hydrogen cyanide; Hydrogen cyanide synthase; Iron regulation; Opine oxidase; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOBACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH2 GROUP DONORS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP;

EID: 0034099024     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002039900127     Document Type: Article

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