Two ways of hydrogen peroxide formation in the oxidative inactivation of cyanobacterial glutamine synthetase

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 812-816

  Martin, Gottfried ^a,b   Böger, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia Effect; Anabaena variabilis; Cyanobacterium; Glutamine Synthetase; Photosynthetic Hydrogen Peroxide Production; Protein Oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031426102     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1997-11-1214     Document Type: Article

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