Heme synthesis in the rhizobium-legume symbiosis: A palette for bacterial and eukaryotic pigments

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2471-2478

  O'Brian, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROLYASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTEROIDES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; HEME SYNTHESIS; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; EUKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0029863747     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2471-2478.1996     Document Type: Short Survey

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