A rubrerythrin operon and nigerythrin gene in Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4607-4615

  Lumppio, Heather L ^a   Shenvi, Neeta V ^a   Garg, Ram P ^a   Summers, Anne O ^a   Kurtz Jr , Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; FERRIC SULFATE; FERROUS ION; IRON; RUBREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030856583     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.14.4607-4615.1997     Document Type: Article

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