The hydA gene encoding the H2-evolving hydrogenase of Clostridium perfringens: Molecular characterization and expression of the gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-336

  Kaji, Masato ^a   Taniguchi, Yuki ^a   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Katayama, Seiichi ^a   Miyata, Shigeru ^a   Morita, Shushi ^a   Okabe, Akinobu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Fermentation; Gene disruption; Hydrogen gas; Hydrogenase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RNA, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032707108     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00556-X     Document Type: Article

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