Respiratory nitrogen metabolism and nitrosative stress defence in ε-proteobacteria: The role of NssR-type transcription regulators

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Kern, Melanie ^a   Winkler, Christine ^a   Simon, Jörg ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

proteobacterium; Crp Fnr regulator superfamily; Denitrification; Nitrosative stress defence; Nitrosative stress sensing regulator (NssR); Respiratory nitrate ammonification

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; PROTEIN NSSR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIFICATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL RESPIRATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WOLINELLA;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 79551502566     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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