Transcriptional and translational regulation of nitrogenase in light- dark- and continuous-light-grown cultures of the unicellular cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4319-4327

  Colón López, Milagros S ^a,c   Sherman, Debra M ^b   Sherman, Louis A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOTHECE;

EID: 0030811368     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4319-4327.1997     Document Type: Article

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