Nitric oxide in chemostat-cultured Escherichia coli is sensed by Fnr and other global regulators: Unaltered methionine biosynthesis indicates lack of S nitrosation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1845-1855

  Pullan, Steven T ^a,c   Gidley, Mark D ^a   Jones, Richard A ^a   Barrett, Jason ^a,d   Stevanin, Tania M ^b   Read, Robert C ^b   Green, Jeffrey ^a   Poole, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d 16 the Edge Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (2 HYDROXY 1 METHYL 2 NITROSOHYDROAZINO) N METHYL 1 PROPANAMINE; 3 [2 HYDROXY 1 (1 METHYLETHYL) 2 NITROSOHYDRAZINO] 1 PROPANAMINE; AMINE; CYTOCHROME C NITRITE REDUCTASE; FLAVORUBREDOXIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN FUR; PROTEIN ISCR; PROTEIN NORR; PROTEIN NSRR; PROTEIN SOXR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RUBREDOXIN; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROSATION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; NORR GENE; NORVW GENE; NRFA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; STIMULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHIONINE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROSATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947420458     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01354-06     Document Type: Article

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