Membrane-associated maturation of the heterotetrameric nitrate reductase of Thermus thermophilus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3990-3996

  Zafra, Olga ^a   Cava, Felipe ^a   Blasco, Francis ^b   Magalon, Axel ^b   Berenguer, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME NARC; CYTOCHROME NARG; CYTOCHROME NARI; CYTOCHROME NARJ; NITRATE REDUCTASE; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHROMES B; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; OPERON; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 20444502976     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.3990-3996.2005     Document Type: Article

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