Expression of a functional oxygen-labile nitrogenase component in the mitochondrial matrix of aerobically grown yeast

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  López Torrejón, Gema ^a   Jiménez Vicente, Emilio ^a   Buesa, José María ^a   Hernandez, Jose A ^b   Verma, Hemant K ^a   Rubio, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FE PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NIFS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NIFU PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BIOENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MITOCHONDRION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CODON; CYTOSOL; FUNGAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; CELL ENGINEERING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENE;

EUKARYOTA;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ENGINEERING; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84964608844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11426     Document Type: Article

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