Comparative analysis of cyanobacterial superoxide dismutases to discriminate canonical forms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Superoxide dismutases (SOD) are ubiquitous metalloenzymes that catalyze the disproportion of superoxide to peroxide and molecular oxygen through alternate oxidation and reduction of their metal ions. In general, SODs are classified i...

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Main Authors: Prabaharan Dharmar, Uma Lakshmanan, Seethalakshmi Thangaraj, Dhanalakshmi Raman T, Premanandh Jagadeesan, Priya Balakrishnan, Subramanian Gopalakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/435