Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 uses ActR and FnrN to control nirK and nor expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-86

  Baek, Seung Hun ^a   Hartsock, Angela ^a   Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PROTEIN FNRN; PSEUDOAZURIN; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NIRK GENE; NONHUMAN; NOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 37549051790     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00792-07     Document Type: Article

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