Transcription of the amoC, amoA and amoB genes in Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosospira sp. NpAV

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-88

  Sayavedra Soto, L A ^a   Hommes, N G ^a   Alzerreca, J J ^b   Arp, D J ^a   Norton, J M ^b   Klotz, M G ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase; Nitrifier; Sequence comparison; Transcription

Indexed keywords

UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROSOMONAS; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032189777     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00367-X     Document Type: Article

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