A conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that oxidize methane anaerobically

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6968, 2003, Pages 878-881

  Krüger, Martin ^a   Meyerdierks, Anke ^a   Glöckner, Frank Oliver ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Widdel, Friedrich ^a   Kube, Michael ^b   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Kahnt, Jörg ^c   Böcher, Reinhard ^c   Thauer, Rudolf K ^c   Shima, Seigo ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; OXIDATION;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION;

PROTEINS;

METHANE; NICKEL COMPLEX; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

METHANE; MICROBIAL MAT; NICKEL; PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; GENE LOCUS; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALLOPROTEINS; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 9144257242     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02207     Document Type: Article

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