The cytochrome bc1 complex but not CycM is necessary for symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium leguminosarum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3381-3388

  Wu, Guanghui ^b   Delgado, Maria Jesus ^a,c   Vargas, Carmen ^a,d   Davies, Andrea E ^a   Poole, Robert K ^b,e   Downie, J Allan ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteroids; Cytochromes; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCIN A1; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C1; CYTOCHROME D; HEMOPROTEIN; N,N,N',N' TETRAMETHYL 1,4 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; NITROGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUCCINIC ACID; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030444418     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3381     Document Type: Article

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