Redox-responsive regulation of denitrification genes in Brucella

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-7

  Roop II, R Martin ^a   Caswell, Clayton C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PROTEIN NTRX; PROTEIN NTRY; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NTRX GENE; NTRY GENE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN KINASES;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862765387     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08096.x     Document Type: Note

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