Fumarate and nitrate reduction (FNR) dependent activation of the Escherichia coli anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase nrdDG promoter

International Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Roca, Ignasi ^a   Ballana, Ester ^a,b   Panosa, Anaïs ^a   Torrents, Eduard ^a,c   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fumarate and nitrate reduction (FNR); Gene nrd; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 42349086900     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.44     Document Type: Article

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