The genetic basis of tetrathionate respiration in Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-287

  Hensel, Michael ^a   Hinsley, Andrew P ^b   Nikolaus, Thomas ^a   Sawers, Gary ^c   Berks, Ben C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOLYBDIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFIDE; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032923401     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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