Cloning and sequencing of the nitrogenase structural genes nifHDK of Herbaspirillum seropedicae

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1599-1602

  Machado, I M P ^a   Yates, M G ^b   Machado, H B ^a   Souza, E M ^a   Pedrosa, F O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herbaspirillum seropedicae; nifD; nifH; nifK; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; NITROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030325531     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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