Interdependence of two NarK domains in a fused nitrate/nitrite transporter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 667-681

  Goddard, Alan D ^a   Moir, James W B ^b   Richardson, David J ^c   Ferguson, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITRATES; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 53849131672     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06436.x     Document Type: Article

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