Functional expression in Escherichia coli of the Haemophilus influenzae gene coding for selenocysteine-containing selenophosphate synthetase

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-75

  Wilting, Reinhard ^a   Vamvakidou, Kalliopi ^a   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Selenophosphate; Selenoproteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; SELENOPROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031910499     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050542     Document Type: Article

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