The terminal quinol oxidase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens exhibits a novel subunit structure and gene organization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1344-1353

  Purschke, Werner G ^a   Schmidt, Christian L ^a   Petersen, Arnd ^b   Schäfer, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ACIDIANUS AMBIVALENS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031039161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1344-1353.1997     Document Type: Article

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