Identification, functional studies, and genomic comparisons of new members of the NnrR regulon in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 903-911

  Hartsock, Angela ^a   Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOCHROME C2; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; RIBOSOME RNA; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; CDGA GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAY; NNRR REGULON; NNRV GENE; NONHUMAN; NOREF GENE; PAZ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CYTOCHROMES C2; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULON; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 75749137328     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01026-09     Document Type: Article

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