Hemoglobin biosynthesis in Vitreoscilla stercoraria DW: Cloning, expression, and characterization of a new homolog of a bacterial globin gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2220-2228

  Joshi, Meenal ^a   Mande, Shekhar ^a   Dikshit, Kanak L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VITREOSCILLA STERCORARIA;

EID: 0031746649     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2220-2228.1998     Document Type: Article

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