Classifying the metal dependence of uncharacterized nitrogenases

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  McGlynn, Shawn E ^a   Boyd, Eric S ^b   Peters, John W ^b   Orphan, Victoria J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron; Metalloenzyme; Molecular similarity; Molybdenum; Nitrogenase; Sequence conservation; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875888093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00419     Document Type: Article

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