Nitrate and nitrite control of respiratory nitrate reduction in denitrifying Pseudomonas stutzeri by a two-component regulatory system homologous to NarXL of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3658-3665

  Härtig, Elisabeth ^a   Schiek, Ulrike ^a   Vollack, Kai Uwe ^a   Zumft, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DENITRIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0344780881     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3658-3665.1999     Document Type: Article

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