Fine-tuned regulation by oxygen and nitric oxide of the activity of a semi-synthetic FNR-dependent promoter and expression of denitrification enzymes in Paracoccus denitrificans

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3405-3412

  Mazoch, Jiří ^a   Kuňák, Michal ^a   Kučera, Igor ^a   van Spanning, Rob J M ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0346882651     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26546-0     Document Type: Article

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