The sequences of hypF, hypC and hypD complete the hyp gene cluster required for hydrogenase activity in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Gene

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-99

  Olson, Jonathan W ^a   Maier, Robert J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene sequencing; Nickel enzyme; Nitrogen fixation; Soybean

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROGENASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030874751     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00352-1     Document Type: Article

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