The F1FO ATP synthase genes in Methanosarcina acetivorans are dispensable for growth and ATP synthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Saum, Regina ^a,b   Schlegel, Katharina ^a   Meyer, Benjamin ^a,c   Müller, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A 1AO; Archaea; ATP synthase; F1FO; Methanogens

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; F1F0 ATP SYNTHASE; F1F0-ATP SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE; ARCHAEAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GENE DELETION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

EID: 70350238523     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01785.x     Document Type: Article

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