Sufs is a nifs-like protein, and sufd is necessary for stability of the [2fe-2s] fhuf protein in escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3307-3309

  Patzer, Silke I ^a   Hantke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032933919     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3307-3309.1999     Document Type: Article

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