Activation of yeaR-yoaG operon transcription by the nitrate-responsive regulator NarL is independent of oxygen-responsive regulator Fnr in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7539-7548

  Lin, Hsia Yin ^a   Bledsoe, Peggy J ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FNR PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN FNR; PROTEIN NARL; PROTEIN NARP; PROTEIN NARQ; PROTEIN NARX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIFICATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NNRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAR YOAG OPERON;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE FUSION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1;

EID: 35649003869     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00953-07     Document Type: Article

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