Regulators of nonsulfur purple phototrophic bacteria and the interactive control of CO2 assimilation, nitrogen fixation, hydrogen metabolism and energy generation

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-376

  Dubbs, James M ^a   Tabita, F Robert ^b  

^a Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBB cycle; CbbR; Gene regulation; PrrA; Redox balance; RegA; Rhodobacter; Rhodopseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOCHROME; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 2642524290     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.01.002     Document Type: Review

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