Hydrogenases in Nostoc sp. Strain PCC 73102, a strain lacking a bidirectional enzyme

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1801-1807

  Tamagnini, Paula ^a,b,d   Troshina, Olga ^a,c   Oxelfelt, Fredrik ^a   Salema, Roberto ^b   Lindblad, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HYBRIDIZATION; NOSTOC; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0030948041     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1801-1807.1997     Document Type: Article

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