Ribonucleotide reductase in Bacillus subtilis - Evidence for a Mn- dependent enzyme

BioFactors

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-344

  Mohamed, S F ^a   Gvozdiak, O R ^b   Stallmann, D ^c   Griepenburg, U ^c   Follmann, H ^c   Auling, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ZABOLOTNY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; MANGANESE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CYCLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031776932     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520070405     Document Type: Article

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