Functionally Critical Elements of CooA-Related CO Sensors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1320-1329

  Youn, Hwan ^a   Kerby, Robert L ^a   Conrad, Mary ^a   Roberts, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; PROTEIN COOA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXYDOTHERMUS HYDROGENOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMEPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARBOXYDOTHERMUS HYDROGENOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 1342346631     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1320-1329.2004     Document Type: Article

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