NasFED proteins mediate assimilatory nitrate and nitrite transport in Klebsiella oxytoca (pneumoniae) M5al

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1311-1322

  Wu, Qitu ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM PROTEIN NASFED; NITRATE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031935478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1311-1322.1998     Document Type: Article

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