The gene encoding ammonia monooxygenase subunit A exists in three nearly identical copies in Nitrosospira sp. NpAV

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 181-188

  Norton, Jeanette M ^a   Low, Jackie M ^a   Klotz, Martin G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ammonia monooxygenase; amoA; DNA sequence; nitrification; Nitrosomonas; Nitrosospira

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030014717     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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