Biogenesis of [Fe-S] cluster in Firmicutes: An unexploited field of investigation

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-300

  Riboldi, Gustavo Pelicioli ^a   De Mattos, Eduardo Preusser ^b   Frazzon, Jeverson ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fe S cluster biogenesis; Firmicutes; ISC machinery; SUF machinery

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME MECHANISM; FIRMICUTES; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COENZYMES; ENZYMES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IRON; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SULFUR;

EID: 84882252638     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-9966-5     Document Type: Review

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