Redox poise and oxygenation of cytochrome bd in the diazotroph Azotobacter vinelandii assessed in vivo using diode-array reflectance spectrophotometry

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2271-2280

  Kavanagh, Eugene P ^a   Callis, James B ^a,d   Edwards, Sian E ^a,b   Poole, Robert K ^c   Hill, Susan ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Cytochrome bd type oxidase; Diode array spectrophotometry; O2 supply and redox changes of cytochromes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME D;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ENZYME METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 0031708947     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-8-2271     Document Type: Article

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