Two tandemly arranged ferredoxin genes in the Hydrogenobacter thermophilus genome: Comparative characterization of the recombinant [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1172-1177

  Ikeda, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohmori, Daijiro ^b   Ishii, Masaharu ^a   Igarashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquifex aeolicus; Ferredoxin; Hydrogenobacter thermophilus; Operon; Reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLONING; ELECTRONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON;

FERREDOXIN GENES; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER; OPERON; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE;

GENES;

FERREDOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FERREDOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGENOBACTER THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 22444437749     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.1172     Document Type: Article

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