Identification and characterization of two flavohemoglobin genes in Dictyostelium discoideum

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-55

  Iijima, Miho ^a   Shimizu, Hajime ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^a   Urushihara, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Flavohemoglobin; Gamete cDNA; Nitrosative stress; Osmotic stress; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STORAGE; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMEPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0034069127     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.25.47     Document Type: Article

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