Physiological function and regulation of flavocytochrome c3, the soluble fumarate reductase from Shewanella putrefaciens NCIMB 400

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 937-945

  Gordon, Euan H J ^a,b   Pealing, Sara L ^a   Chapman, Stephen K ^a   Ward, F Bruce ^a   Reid, Graeme A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Electron transfer; Flavocytochrome; Fumarate reductase; Shewanella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C3; FLAVOPROTEIN; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; FUMARIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0031956708     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-937     Document Type: Article

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