Flavodiiron protein from Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomes: The terminal oxygen reductase

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Smutná, Tamara ^a   Gonçalves, Vera L ^b   Saraiva, Lígia M ^b   Tachezy, Jan ^a   Teixeira, Miguel ^b   Hrdý, Ivan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FERREDOXINS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROKARYOTA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 58149350000     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00276-08     Document Type: Article

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