Inactivation of Mg chelatase during transition from anaerobic to aerobic growth in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3249-3258

  Willows, Robert D ^a   Lake, Vanessa ^a   Roberts, Thomas Hugh ^a   Beale, Samuel I ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; GENE PRODUCT; HEME; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; PROTEIN BCHD; PROTEIN BCHH; PROTEIN BCHI; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; LIGHT; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0037515823     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.11.3249-3258.2003     Document Type: Article

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