Two nitrate/nitrite transporters are encoded within the mobilizable plasmid for nitrate respiration of Thermus thermophilus HB8

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2179-2183

  Ramírez, Sandra ^a,b   Moreno, Renata ^a   Zafra, Olga ^a   Castán, Pablo ^a   Vallés, Cristina ^a   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITES; OPERON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0343729471     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2179-2183.2000     Document Type: Article

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