Characterization of a spontaneous mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii in which vanadium-dependent nitrogen fixation is not inhibited by molybdenum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Bageshwar, Umesh K ^a,b   Raina, Ramesh ^a,c   Das, H K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; lacZ fusion; Nitrate reductase; Vanadium dependent nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLENE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLYBDENUM; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; VANADIUM; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032080498     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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