The nos gene cluster from gram-positive bacterium Geobacillus thermodenitrificans NG80-2 and functional characterization of the recombinant NosZ

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Liu, Xueqian ^a,b   Gao, Chunxu ^a,b   Zhang, Aixiang ^a,b   Jin, Peng ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,b,c,d   Feng, Lu ^a,b,c,d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics   (China)

^d Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochip   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Escherichia coli; Geobacillus thermodenitrificans; Nitrous oxide reductase

Indexed keywords

COPPER DERIVATIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DENITRIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSZ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE;

BACILLACEAE; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 54249158402     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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