Evidence for regulation of the NADH peroxidase gene (npr) from Enterococcus faecalis by OxyR

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Paul Ross, R ^a   Claiborne, Al ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; NADH peroxidase; OxyR

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXIDASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0343990840     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00156-0     Document Type: Article

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