Biochemical and genomic analysis of the denitrification pathway within the genus Neisseria

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4093-4103

  Barth, Kenneth R ^a   Isabella, Vincent M ^a   Clark, Virginia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSYLATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA;

EID: 71449105722     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032961-0     Document Type: Article

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