Bradyrhizobium japonicum possesses two discrete sets of electron transfer flavoprotein genes: FixA, fixB and etfS, etfL

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-178

  Weidenhaupt, Marianne ^a   Rossi, Patricia ^a   Beck, Christoph ^a   Fischer, Hans Martin ^a   Hennecke, Hauke ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Electron transfer flavoprotein; etf Genes; fix Genes; Nitrogen fixation; Phylogenetic tree; Protein family

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON-TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; MAMMALIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0029871047     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050312     Document Type: Article

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