Nickel uptake and utilization by microorganisms

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 239-261

  Mulrooney, Scott B ^a   Hausinger, Robert P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallocenter assembly; Nickel enzyme; Nickel sensing; Nickel transport

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYOXALASE; HYDROGEN DEHYDROGENASE; NICKEL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREASE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 0038203196     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00042-1     Document Type: Review

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