Expression of nitrite and nitric oxide reductases in free-living and plant-associated Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4427-4436

  Baek, Seung Hun ^a   Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; DENITRIFICATION; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; OXYGEN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; OXYGEN TENSION;

NITRIC ACID;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INFILTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENDOPHYTE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; INCUBATION TIME; MUTANT; NIRK GENE; NNRR GENE; NONHUMAN; NOR GENE; OXYGEN TENSION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 23744475357     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4427-4436.2005     Document Type: Article

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