Sirohaem sulfite reductase and other proteins encoded by genes at the dsr locus of Chromatium vinosum are involved in the oxidation of intracellular sulfur

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1881-1894

  Pott, Andrea S ^a   Dahl, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatium vinosum; Extracytoplasmic sulfur globules; Heterodisulfide reductase; Reverse sirohaem sulfite reductase; Sulfur oxidation

Indexed keywords

SULFITE REDUCTASE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIUM; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031855745     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1881     Document Type: Article

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