Differential protein expression during growth of Acidithiobacillus ferooxidans on ferrous iron, sulfur compounds, or metal sulfides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4491-4498

  Ramírez, Pablo ^a   Guiliani, Nicolas ^a   Valenzuela, Lissette ^a   Beard, Simon ^a   Jerez, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THIOSULFATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERROUS ION; METAL COMPLEX; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; RUSTICYANIN; SULFATE BINDING PROTEIN; SULFIDE; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE BINDING PROTEIN; THIOSULFATE SULFUR TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UPREGULATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS ATCC 23270; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 4143137531     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4491-4498.2004     Document Type: Article

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