Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae contains a second fnr/fixK-like gene and an unusual fixL homologue

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-280

  Patschkowski, Thomas ^a   Schlüter, Andreas ^a   Priefer, Ursula B ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029762460     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6321348.x     Document Type: Article

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