Effect of Selenite on Growth and Protein Synthesis in the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4440-4447

  Bebien, Magali ^a   Chauvin, Jean Paul ^b   Adriano, Jean Marc ^a   Grosse, Sandrine ^a   Verméglio, André ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SODIUM SELENITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SODIUM SELENITE;

EID: 0035489769     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4440-4447.2001     Document Type: Article

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