Identification of iron superoxide dismutase and a copper/zinc superoxide dismutase enzyme activity within the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH 7803

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 161-165

  Chadd, Helen E ^a   Newman, Julie ^a   Mann, Nicholas H ^a   Carr, Noel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Picoplankton; Superoxide dismutase; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029931185     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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