GlbN (cyanoglobin) is a peripheral membrane protein that is restricted to certain Nostoc spp.

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6587-6598

  Hill, Donna R ^a   Belbin, Thomas J ^b   Thorsteinsson, Marc V ^a   Bassam, Deeni ^a   Brass, Susanne ^c   Ernst, Anneliese ^c   Böger, Peter ^c   Paerl, Hans ^d   Mulligan, Martin E ^b   Potts, Malcolm ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; DNA; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE UTEX 584; NOSTOC SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; TRICHODESMIUM THIEBAUTII;

EID: 10344225629     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6587-6598.1996     Document Type: Article

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