Expression of two [Fe]-hydrogenases in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under anaerobic conditions

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2750-2758

  Forestier, Marc ^a,c   King, Paul ^a   Zhang, Liping ^a   Posewitz, Matthew ^a   Schwarzer, Sarah ^b   Happe, Thomas ^b   Ghirardi, Maria L ^a   Seibert, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic induction; Gene expression; Green algae; Hydrogenase; Sulfur deprivation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HYDA1 HYDROGENASE; HYDA2 HYDROGENASE; HYDROGENASE; IRON; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN CPI; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE ISOLATION; HYDA2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFUR;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM;

EID: 0037715163     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03656     Document Type: Article

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