The hydrogenases of Geobacter sulfurreducens: A comparative genomic perspective

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1239-1254

  Coppi, Maddalena V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCHAEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTERACEAE; HYA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 17644385506     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27535-0     Document Type: Review

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