Fnr is involved in oxygen control of Herbaspirillum seropedicae N-truncated NifA protein activity in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1527-1531

  Monteiro, Rose A ^a   De Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Yates, M Geoffrey ^a   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MECHANISMS; OXYGEN;

SEROPEDICAE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

IRON; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NIFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037337661     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1527-1531.2003     Document Type: Article

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