Characterization of a molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic gene cluster in Rhodobacter capsulatus which is specific for the biogenesis of dimethylsulfoxide reductase

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1421-1429

  Solomon, Peter S ^a   Shaw, Anthony L ^a   Lane, Ian ^a   Hanson, Graeme R ^a   Palmer, Tracy ^b   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfoxide reductase; Molybdenum cofactor; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGENESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033056056     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1421     Document Type: Article

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