The cellular machinery of Ferroplasma acidiphilum is iron-protein-dominated

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7123, 2007, Pages 91-94

  Ferrer, Manuel ^a   Golyshina, Olga V ^b   Beloqui, Ana ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^b,c   Timmis, Kenneth N ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; METALLOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ACIDOPHILY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; IRON; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON FIXATION; CATALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PICROPHILUS TORRIDUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; PICROPHILUS TORRIDUS; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 33846035027     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05362     Document Type: Article

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