MacA, a diheme c-type cytochrome involved in Fe(III) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4042-4045

  Butler, Jessica E ^a   Kaufmann, Franz ^a,b   Coppi, Maddalena V ^a   Núñez, Cinthia ^a,c   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Greenovation Biotech GmbH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FERRIC ION; MACA PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

EID: 2942582315     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.4042-4045.2004     Document Type: Article

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