The molybdenum formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase operon and the tungsten formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase operon from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Structures and transcriptional regulation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-162

  Hochheimer, Andreas ^a   Linder, Dietmar ^b   Thauer, Rudolf K ^a   Hedderich, Reiner ^a,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron sulfur proteins; Methanogenic Archaea; Molybdenum enzyme; Molybdopterin; Transcriptional regulation; Tungsten enzyme

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TUNGSTEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0029989411     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0156r.x     Document Type: Article

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