Genes and pathways for CO2fixation in the obligate, chemolithoautotrophic acidophile, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Carbon fixation in A. ferrooxidans

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Esparza, Mario ^a,d   Crdenas, Juan Pablo ^a   Bowien, Botho ^c   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^b   Holmes, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHORISMIC ACID; PHOSPHORIBULOKINASE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77955935025     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-229     Document Type: Article

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