Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis in photosynthetic organisms

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-407

  Kessler, Dorothea ^a   Papenbrock, Jutta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cyanobacteria; Desulfurase; Fe S cluster; L cysteine; Mitochondrion; Plastid; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SULFUR;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYANOBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 29944445891     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-5913-2     Document Type: Review

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