A synthetic system links FeFe-hydrogenases to essential E. coli sulfur metabolism

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Barstow, Buz ^a,b   Agapakis, Christina M ^a   Boyle, Patrick M ^a   Grandl, Gerald ^a   Silver, Pamela A ^a,b   Wintermute, Edwin H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYSTEINE; IRON IRON HYDROGENASE; OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SULFIDE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM;

EID: 79957462837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-5-7     Document Type: Article

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