The Impact of O2 on the Fe-S Cluster Biogenesis Requirements of Escherichia coli FNR

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 384, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 798-811

  Mettert, Erin L ^a   Outten, F Wayne ^b   Wanta, Brendan ^a   Kiley, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe S cluster biogenesis; FNR; Isc; oxygen; Suf

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56249090364     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.09.080     Document Type: Article

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