Fe-S cluster assembly pathways in bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-125

  Ayala Castro, Carla ^a   Saini, Avneesh ^a   Outten, F Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SULFIDE;

CELL RESPIRATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; IRON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFUR;

EID: 40849124148     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00034-07     Document Type: Review

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