Enzyme diversity and mosaic gene organization in denitrification

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-58

  Zumft, Walter G ^a   Körner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Denitrification; Mosaic gene organization; Nitric oxide reductase; Nitrous oxide reductase; Structural models

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0031018503     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000112008026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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