Response to culture aeration mediated by the nitrate and nitrite sensor NarQ of Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1391-1399

  Stewart, Valley ^a   Chen, Li Ling ^a   Wu, Hui Chung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PROTEIN NARQ; PROTEIN NARX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; LACZ GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NITRATES; NITRITES; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0345689429     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03776.x     Document Type: Article

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