Evidence for two types of subunits in the bacterioferritin of Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum

Gene

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-36

  Elizabeth Bertani, L ^a   Huang, Jerry S ^a   Weir, Barbara A ^a   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroxidase; Heme; Homology; Magnetite; Sequence

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; MAGNETITE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MAGNETISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERULOPLASMIN; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERRITINS; GENES, OVERLAPPING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC BACTERIA; HEME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETOTACTICUM; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0342546625     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00424-1     Document Type: Article

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