Molybdate-dependent expression of dimethylsulfoxide reductase in Rhodobacter capsulatus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Solomon, Peter S ^a   Shaw, Anthony L ^a   Young, Michael D ^a   Leimkuhler, Silke ^b   Hanson, Graeme R ^a   Klipp, Werner ^b   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfoxide reductase; Molybdate dependent gene expression; Mop genes; Rhodobacter

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; MOLYBDIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLYBDENUM; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASES; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERIPLASM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0034666540     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00336-0     Document Type: Article

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