H(2)O(2)-forming NADH oxidase with diaphorase (cytochrome) activity from Archaeoglobus fulgidus

D W Reed1, J Millstein, P L Hartzell

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-3052, USA.

Journal of Bacteriology
|November 22, 2001
PubMed

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