Isolation and characterization of the vnfEN genes of the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4493-4999

  Thiel, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029785168     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4493-4499.1996     Document Type: Article

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