Role of Fe-hydrogenase in biological hydrogen production

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1627-1637

  Das, Debabrata ^a   Dutta, Tumpa ^a   Nath, Kaushik ^a   Kotay, Shireen Meher ^a   Das, Amit K ^a   Veziroglu, T Nejat ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe hydrogenase; Fe S protein; Fermentation; H cluster; Hydrogen

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33745851453     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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