Regulation of the aerobic respiratory chain in the facultatively aerobic and hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum oguniense

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 673-688

  Nunoura, Takuro ^a,c   Sako, Yoshihiko ^a   Wakagi, Takayoshi ^b   Uchida, Aritsune ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HEME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PYROBACULUM OGUNIENSE; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; HEAT; HEME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMOPROTEACEAE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; PROKARYOTA; PYROBACULUM OGUNIENSE;

EID: 0037351793     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26000-0     Document Type: Review

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