In vivo cycling of the Escherichia coli transcription factor FNR between active and inactive states

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4063-4070

  Dibden, David P ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FNR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 29244485457     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28253-0     Document Type: Article

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