Cytochrome bd oxidase, oxidative stress, and dioxygen tolerance of the strictly anaerobic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2020-2029

  Das, Amaresh ^a   Silaghi Dumitrescu, Radu ^b   Ljungdahl, Lars G ^a   Kurtz Jr , Donald M ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AZIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME B559; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME D; MALTOSE; METHANOL; N DODECYL BETA MALTOSIDE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL SUSPENSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHOLE CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CELL MEMBRANE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 14644397208     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.6.2020-2029.2005     Document Type: Article

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