Distribution of thiols in microorganisms: Mycothiol is a major thiol in most actinomycetes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1990-1995

  Newton, Gerald L ^a   Arnold, Karen ^b   Price, Mitchel S ^a   Sherrill, Christopher ^a   Delcardayre, Stephen B ^c   Aharonowitz, Yair ^d   Cohen, Gerald ^d   Davies, Julian ^c   Fahey, Robert C ^a   Davis, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; LISTERIA; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NOCARDIA; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMADURA; ACTINOMYCES; AGROMYCES; ARTHROBACTER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LISTERIA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROMONOSPORA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOPSIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 9244225687     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1990-1995.1996     Document Type: Article

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