Diversity and transcription of proteases involved in the maturation of hydrogenases in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133 and Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Devine, Ellenor ^a   Holmqvist, Marie ^a   Stensjö, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE; LEXA PROTEIN; NTCA PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; HOXW PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NICKEL-IRON HYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME PCC 73102; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGENASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 65349159139     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-53     Document Type: Article

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