The structural gene for rusticyanin from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans: Cloning and sequencing of the rusticyanin gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-89

  Hall, John F ^a   Hasnain, S Samar ^a,b   Ingledew, W John ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene cloning; Redox protein; Rusticyanin; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

RUSTICYANIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029920780     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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