Bradyrhizobium japonicum NnrR, a denitrification regulator, expands the FixLJ-FixK2 regulatory cascade

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3978-3982

  Mesa, Socorro ^a   Bedmar, Eulogio J ^b   Chanfon, Astrid ^a   Hennecke, Hauke ^a   Fischer, Hans Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; NNRR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMEPROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0037701427     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3978-3982.2003     Document Type: Article

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