The path of unspecific incorporation of selenium in Escherichia coli

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 421-427

  Müller, Sabine ^a   Heider, Johann ^b   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine biosynthesis; Escherichia coli; Monoselenophosphate synthetase; Selenocysteine; Selenomethionine; Selenoproteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; METHIONINE; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEINS; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULFATES; SULFITES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030697440     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050517     Document Type: Article

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