Ammonia-dependent differential regulation of the gene cluster that encodes ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3026-3035

  El Sheikh, Amal F ^a,c   Klotz, Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI ATCC 19707;

EID: 52949110149     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01766.x     Document Type: Article

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