Characterization of the desulforubidin operons from Desulfobacter vibrioformis and Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-46

  Larsen, Ø ^a   Lien, T ^a   Birkeland, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cobyrinic acid a,c diamide synthase; Desulfobacter vibrioformis; Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis; Dissimilatory sulfite reductase; Dsr; Siroamide

Indexed keywords

SULFITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS; DESULFOBACTER VIBRIOFORMIS; DESULFOBULBUS RHABDOFORMIS; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 0034193807     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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