Metabolic reconstruction of sulfur assimilation in the extremophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans based on genome analysis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Valdés, Jorge ^a   Veloso, Felipe ^a,c   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^b   Holmes, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN; IRON; NITROGEN; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR; ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; ADENOSINE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SLC26A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFIDE; SULFITE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED GAMMA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

ADENOSINE PHOSPHOSULFATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOADENOSINE PHOSPHOSULFATE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFITES; SULFUR;

EID: 9144245023     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-4-51     Document Type: Review

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