Whole-cell immunolocalization of nitrogenase in marine diazotrophic cyanobacteria, Trichodesmium spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3052-3058

  Lin, Senjie ^a   Henze, Sheri ^a   Lundgren, Pernilla ^b   Bergman, Birgitta ^b   Carpenter, Edward J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0031927944     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3052-3058.1998     Document Type: Article

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