A dissimilatory sirohaem-sulfite-reductase-type protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 529-541

  Molitor, Michael ^a   Dahl, Christiane ^a   Molitor, Ilka ^a   Schäfer, Ulrike ^a,d   Speich, Norbert ^a,e   Huber, Robert ^b   Deutzmann, Rainer ^c   Trüper, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e Laboratorium Dr Jung GmbH ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissimilatory sirohaem sulfite reductase; Evolution; Hyperthermophilic archaeon; Nucleotide sequence; Pyrobaculum islandicum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; SULFITE REDUCTASE; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PYROBACULUM ISLANDICUM;

EID: 0031913670     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-529     Document Type: Article

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