Deletion and site-directed mutagenesis of the Wolinella succinogenes fumarate reductase operon

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 418-426

  Simon, Jörg ^a   Gross, Roland ^a   Ringel, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Enrico ^a   Kröger, Achim ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytochrome b; Fumarate reductase; Sulfide oxidation; Wolinella succinogenes

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; FUMARIC ACID; NITRATE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WOLINELLA;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OPERON; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WOLINELLA;

EID: 0032518289     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510418.x     Document Type: Article

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