Cloning and sequencing of the genes encoding the periplasmic-cytochrome b-containing selenate reductase of Thauera selenatis

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 365-377

  Krafft, Torsten ^a   Bowen, Ashley ^b   Theis, Friedbert ^a   MacY, Joan M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Chaperone proteins; Iron sulfur proteins; Molybdenum containing enzymes; Soluble cytochrome b

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DNA FRAGMENT; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; SELENATE REDUCTASE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERIPLASM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAUERA;

EID: 0034064383     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425170009015604     Document Type: Article

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