Nitrate assimilation by bacteria

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-30

  Lin, Janine T ^a   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW;

AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS; KLEBSIELLA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032452858     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(08)60014-4     Document Type: Review

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