Properties of the periplasmic nitrate reductases from Paracoccus pantotrophus and Escherichia coli after growth in tungsten-supplemented media

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Gates, Andrew J ^a   Hughes, Richard O ^a   Sharp, Sarah R ^a   Millington, Paul D ^b   Nilavongse, Arjaree ^b   Cole, Jeffrey A ^b   Leach, Emily Rose ^c   Jepson, Brian ^c   Richardson, David J ^c   Butler, Clive S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Molybdenum; Nitrate reductase; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITRATE REDUCTASE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS;

EID: 0037470970     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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