Identification of the nik gene cluster of Brucella suis: Regulation and contribution to urease activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 426-434

  Jubier Maurin, V ^a   Rodrigue, A ^a   Ouahrani Bettache, S ^a   Layssac, M ^a   Mandrand Berthelot, M A ^a   Kohler S ^a   Liautard, J P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE; NICKEL; PROTEIN NIK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRUCELLA SUIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRUCELLA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NICKEL; PERIPLASM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UREASE;

EID: 0035156799     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.2.426-434.2001     Document Type: Article

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