Sequence and expression of the rusticyanin structural gene from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC33020 strain

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1443, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 99-112

  Bengrine, Abderrahmane ^a   Guiliani, Nicolas ^a   Appia Ayme, Corinne ^a   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^b   Holmes, David S ^c   Chippaux, Marc ^a   Bonnefoy, V ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

(Thiobacillus ferrooxidans); Copper protein; Electron transport; Iron oxidation; Rusticyanin

Indexed keywords

DNA; IRON; RUSTICYANIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THIOBACILLUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032570018     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00199-7     Document Type: Article

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