Characterization of the gene encoding nitrite reductase and the physiological consequences of its expression in the nondenitrifying Rhizobium 'hedysari' strain HCNT1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4019-4025

  Toffanin, Annita ^a,d   Wu, Qingguo ^b   Maskus, Michael ^b   Casella, Sergio ^c   Abruña, Hector D ^b   Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SULLAE;

EID: 0029802510     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4019-4025.1996     Document Type: Article

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