The divergent amoc3 subunit of ammonia monooxygenase functions as part of a stress response system in Nitrosomonas europaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3448-3456

  Berube, Paul M ^a,b   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA MONOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN AMOC3; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANAMMOX BACTERIA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

AMMONIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MUTATION; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84864020137     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00133-12     Document Type: Article

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