Proteins involved in electron transfer to Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxides by Geobacter sulfurreducens and Geobacter uraniireducens

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART3, 2013, Pages 515-535

  Aklujkar, M ^a   Coppi, M V ^a   Leang, C ^a   Kim, B C ^a   Chavan, M A ^a   Perpetua, L A ^a   Giloteaux, L ^a   Liu, A ^a   Holmes, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRICYTOCHROME C OXIDOREDUCTASE COMPLEX CBC3 PROTEIN; FERRICYTOCHROME C OXIDOREDUCTASE COMPLEX CBC6 PROTEIN; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MENAQUINONE; METAL OXIDE; MULTICOPPER OXIDASE OMPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCH PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCN PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCO PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCP PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME OMCV PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROMES OMAB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROMES OMAC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROMES OMCB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROMES OMCZ PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC C TYPE CYTOCHROME PCCG PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC C TYPE CYTOCHROME PCCJ PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC C TYPE CYTOCHROMES PCCR PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC C TYPE CYTOCHROMES PGCA PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC C TYPE CYTOCHROMES PPCA PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC C TYPE CYTOCHROMES PPCD PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTER URANIIREDUCENS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UPREGULATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GEOBACTER; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OXIDES;

EID: 84874772938     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.064089-0     Document Type: Article

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