Cloning and transcriptional analysis of the nifUHDK genes of Trichodesmium sp. IMS101 reveals stable nifD, nifDK and nifK transcripts

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3359-3368

  Dominic, Benny ^a   Chen, Yi Bu ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; nifH promoters; nifHDK gene expression; Nitrogen fixation; Trichodesmium sp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRICHODESMIUM;

ANABAENA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0032423256     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-12-3359     Document Type: Article

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