| Literature DB >> 21622707 |
B Schoepp-Cothenet1, W Nitschke, L M Barge, A Ponce, M J Russell, A I Tsapin.
Abstract
Wolfe-Simon et al. (Research Articles, 3 June 2011, p. 1163; published online 2 December 2010) argued that the bacterial strain GFAJ-1 can vary the elemental composition of its biomolecules by substituting arsenic for phosphorus. Although their data show that GFAJ-1 is an extraordinary extremophile, consideration of arsenate redox chemistry undermines the suggestion that arsenate can replace the physiologic functions of phosphate.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21622707 DOI: 10.1126/science.1201438
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728