Organization of the nif genes in cyanobacteria in symbiotic association with Azolla and Anthoceros

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 61-71

  Meeks, John C ^a   Joseph, Cecillia M ^a   Haselkorn, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthoceros; Azolla; DNA isolation and restriction; nif gene organization; Nostoc; Symbiotic cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDII; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GENES, NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLANTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0024009823     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00409719     Document Type: Article

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