Structural basis of eukaryotic nitrate reduction: Crystal structures of the nitrate reductase active site

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1167-1179

  Fischer, Katrin ^a   Barbier, Guillaume G ^b,c   Hecht, Hans Juergen ^d   Mendel, Ralf R ^a   Campbell, Wilbur H ^b,c   Schwarz, Guenter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Nitrate Elimination Co Inc   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MOLYBDENUM; YEAST;

AUTOTROPHS; REDUCTASE;

ENZYMES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; MOLECULES; MOLYBDENUM; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA; PICHIA; PICHIA ANGUSTA;

EID: 22544435739     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.029694     Document Type: Article

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