A modular domain of NiFu, a nitrogen fixation cluster protein, is highly conserved in evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 536-540

  Hwang, David M ^a   Dempsey, Adam ^a   Tan, Kiat Tsong ^a   Liew, Choong Chin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; nifU gene; Nitrogen fixation cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029913563     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02337525     Document Type: Article

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