Mutational analysis of the Paracoccus denitrificans c-type cytochrome biosynthetic genes ccmABCDG: Disruption of ccmC has distinct effects suggesting a role for CcmC independent of CcmAB

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3047-3057

  Page, M Dudley ^a,b,c   Ferguson, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

c type cytochrome biogenesis; Paracoccus denitrificans; putative ABC transporter; siderophores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0032741670     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3047     Document Type: Article

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