Regulation of the expression of the Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans rus operon encoding two cytochromes c, a cytochrome oxidase and rusticyanin

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2113-2123

  Yarzábal, Andrés ^a   Appia Ayme, Corinne ^b   Ratouchniak, Jeanine ^b   Bonnefoy, Violaine ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FERROUS ION; RUSTICYANIN; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNODETECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 4344634473     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26966-0     Document Type: Article

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