A new nos gene downstream from nosDFY is essential far dissimilatory reduction of nitrous oxide by Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2817-2824

  Chan, Yiu Kwok ^a   McCormick, Wayne A ^a   Watson, Robert J ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentrification; Lipoprotein; Nitrous oxide reduction; nosYLX; Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; CYSTEINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROUS OXIDE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REDUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030846054     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2817     Document Type: Article

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