SufU is an essential iron-sulfur cluster scaffold protein in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1643-1651

  Albrecht, Alexander G ^a   Netz, Daili J A ^a   Miethke, Marcus ^a   Pierik, Antonio J ^a   Burghaus, Olaf ^a   Peuckert, Florian ^a   Lill, Roland ^a   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; HOLOENZYME; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; ISOPROPYLMALATE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN SUFU; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENOMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SUFA GENE; SUFCDSUB GENE; SUFU GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; ISOMERASES; SULFUR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949414348     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01536-09     Document Type: Article

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