Regulation of nitrogen fixation in Azospirillum brasilense

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-204

  Zhang, Yaoping ^a   Burris, Robert H ^a   Ludden, Paul W ^a   Roberts, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP ribosylation; Azospirillum; Nitrogen fixation; Posttranslational regulation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0030847220     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00187-0     Document Type: Review

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