Unusual organization of the genes coding for HydSL, the stable [NiFe]hydrogenase in the photosynthetic bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1460-1465

  Rakhely, Gabor ^a   Colbeau, Annette ^b   Garin, Jerome ^b   Vignais, Paulette M ^b   Kovacs, Kornel L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

EID: 0031894326     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1460-1465.1998     Document Type: Article

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