FNR is a direct oxygen sensor having a biphasic response curve
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- 27 October 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 416 (3), 349-352
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01219-2
Abstract
FNR is a transcription regulator that controls the expression of target genes in response to anoxia. Anaerobiosis is accompanied by the acquisition of two [4Fe‐4S]2+ clusters per FNR dimer and the ab...Keywords
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