Identification of a gene for a rubrerythrin/nigerythrin-like protein in Spirillum volutans by using amino acid sequence data from mass spectrometry and NH2-terminal sequencing

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 875-882

  Alban, P S ^a,b   Popham, D L ^a   Rippere, K E ^a   Krieg, N R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACID POLYPEPTIDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO-ACIDS; ANAEROBICS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; RESISTANT MUTANTS; SEQUENCE DATA; TERMINAL SEQUENCING; WILD-TYPE CELLS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIRILLUM;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; PROKARYOTA; SPIRILLUM; SPIRILLUM VOLUTANS;

EID: 0031795970     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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