Characterization of the expression and activity of the periplasmic nitrate reductase of Paracoccus pantotrophus in chemostat cultures

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1533-1540

  Ellington, M J K ^a   Sawers, G ^b   Sears, H J ^c   Spiro, S ^c   Richardson, D J ^c   Ferguson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; DILUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS;

EID: 0038480728     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26277-0     Document Type: Article

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