The Klebsiella pneumoniae cytochrome bd' terminal oxidase complex and its role in microaerobic nitrogen fixation

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2673-2683

  Juty, Navtej S ^a,b,d   Moshiri, Farhad ^c,e   Merrick, Mike ^b   Anthony, Christopher ^a   Hill, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CydAB; Cytochrome bd'; Formate dehydrogenase O; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; HEME; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIGAND BINDING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030812874     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2673     Document Type: Article

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