Desulfovibrio gigas neelaredoxin: A novel superoxide dismutase integrated in a putative oxygen sensory operon of an anaerobe

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 235-243

  Silva, Gabriela ^a,b   Oliveira, Solange ^a,c   Gomes, Cláudio M ^b   Pacheco, Isabel ^b   Liu, Ming Y ^d   Xavier, António V ^b   Teixeira, Miguel ^b   LeGall, Jean ^b,d   Rodrigues Pousada, Claudina ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Oxygen sensing mechanisms; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANIDES; DESULFOVIBRIO; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS;

EID: 0033556244     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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