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. 1982 Mar;149(3):1142–1145. doi: 10.1128/jb.149.3.1142-1145.1982

Two sites of oxygen control in induced synthesis of respiratory nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli.

F Kaprálek, E Jechová, M Otavová
PMCID: PMC216508  PMID: 6174498

Abstract

The time course of appearance of respiratory nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli after induction by nitrate was analyzed under different conditions, and the inhibitory effects of oxygen, chloramphenicol, and rifampin were compared. Oxygen appeared to inhibit the synthesis of nitrate reductase at the level of transcription. In addition, the translation or some later steps of enzyme formation were blocked.

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