Unusual production of glutathione in Actinobacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Johnson, Todd ^a   Newton, Gerald L ^b   Fahey, Robert C ^b   Rawat, Mamta ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Glutathione; Mycothiol; Rhodococcus; Rubrobacter

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; THIOL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); RHODOCOCCUS; RUBROBACTER; RUBROBACTER RADIOTOLERANS; RUBROBACTER XYLANOPHILUS;

EID: 58149301311     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0423-1     Document Type: Article

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