The heterocyst-specific fdxH gene product of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 is important but not essential for nitrogen fixation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 770-776

  Masepohl, B ^a   Scholisch K ^a   Gorlitz K ^a   Kutzki, C ^a   Bohme H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Plant type' ferredoxin; Electron donor; Iron regulation; mop gene; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; IRON; NITROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030889640     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050383     Document Type: Article

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