Purification and characterization of the respiratory arsenate reductase of Chrysiogenes arsenatis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 647-653

  Krafft, Torsten ^a   Macy, Joan M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenate respiration; Chrysiogenes arsenatis; Respiratory arsenate reductase

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSIOGENES ARSENATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032145466     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550647.x     Document Type: Article

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