Requirement for ubiquinone downstream of cytochrome(s) b in the oxygen-terminated respiratory chains of Escherichia coli K-12 revealed using a null mutant allele of ubiCA

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-373

  Søballe, Britta ^a,b   Poole, Robert K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic respiration; Cytochrome b; Escherichia coli; Ubiquinone mutants

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; FUMARIC ACID; HEMOPROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; NITRATE; OXYGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UBIQUINONE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALLELE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031938408     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-361     Document Type: Article

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