Mutagenesis and expression of amo, which codes for ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3353-3359

  Hommes, Norman G ^a   Sayavedra Soto, Luis A ^a   Arp, Daniel J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTAGENESIS; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 15644373219     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.13.3353-3359.1998     Document Type: Article

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