The redox- and fixed nitrogen-responsive regulatory protein NIFL from Azotobacter vinelandii comprises discrete flavin and nucleotide-binding domains

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-192

  Söderbäck, Erik ^a,b   Reyes Ramirez, Franscisca ^a   Eydmann, Trevor ^a   Austin, Sara ^a   Hill, Susan ^a   Dixon, Ray ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLAVOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPSIN;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031921952     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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