Regulation and characterization of two nitroreductase genes, nprA and nprB, of Rhodobacter capsulatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 7643-7649

  Pérez Reinado, Eva ^a   Blasco, Rafael ^b   Castillo, Francisco ^a   Moreno Vivián, Conrado ^a   Roldán, M Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; NITROREDUCTASE ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; PUTATIVE GENES;

GENES;

2 FLUORENYLAMINE; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 5 (1 AZIRIDINYL) 2,4 DINITROBENZAMIDE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FURAZOLIDONE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITROFURAL; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROREDUCTASE; PARAQUAT; SALICYLIC ACID;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NPRA GENE; NPRB GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 29144466141     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.7643-7649.2005     Document Type: Article

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