The oxygen sensitivity of nitrogenase in Rhodobacter capsulatus: Repression and inactivation

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 20-28

  Klein, Gesine ^a   Jahn, Andreas ^a   Steindorf, Astrid ^a   Klipp, Werner ^b   Oelze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemostat Culture; Nitrogenase; Oxygen Control; Phototrophic Bacteria; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057919     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1996-1-206     Document Type: Article

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