Nitrite-specific active transport system of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6761-6763

  Maeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Okamura, Masato ^a   Kobayashi, Masaki ^a   Omata, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; BINDING PROTEIN; DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CASSETTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0032431403     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6761-6763.1998     Document Type: Article

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