Identification and analysis of the dissimilatory nitrous oxide reduction genes, nosRZDFY, of Rhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1505-1514

  Holloway, Paul ^a,b   McCormick, Wayne ^b   Watson, Robert J ^b   Chan, Yiu Kwok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERREDOXIN; NITROUS OXIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029865750     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1505-1514.1996     Document Type: Article

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