Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus sodB gene, encoding an iron superoxide dismutase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 5413-5420

  Cortez, Néstor ^a   Carrillo, Néstor ^a   Pasternak, Cécile ^b   Balzer, Angelika ^b   Klug, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031656980     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.20.5413-5420.1998     Document Type: Article

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