Regulation of denitrification genes in Neisseria meningitidis by nitric oxide and the repressor NsrR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1138-1144

  Rock, Jonathan D ^a   Thomson, Melanie J ^a   Read, Robert C ^b   Moir, James W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROTEIN NSRR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DENITRIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NORB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33846642253     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01368-06     Document Type: Article

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