Regulators of bacterial responses to nitric oxide

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-211

  Spiro, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fur; NnrR DNR; NorR; NsrR; OxyR; SoxR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOSS PROTEIN; FUR PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORR PROTEIN; NSRR PROTEIN; OXYR PROTEIN; PERR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESE PROTEIN; SOXR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FNR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLADISTICS; DENITRIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHAGOCYTE; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULON; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NONHEME IRON PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33846892483     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00061.x     Document Type: Review

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