The vhuU gene encoding a small subunit of a selenium-containing [NiFe]- hydrogenase in Methanococcus voltae appears to be essential for the cell

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 418-426

  Pfeiffer, Matthias ^a   Bestgen, Helga ^a   Bürger, Antje ^a,b   Klein, Albrecht ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

NiFe hydrogenases; Adaptation; Archaea; Deletion mutagenesis; Gene replacement; Methanococcus voltae; Selenium deprivation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROGENASE; IRON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN VHUU; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE DELETION; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HYDROGENASE; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELENIUM;

EID: 0031756427     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050662     Document Type: Article

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