Sequencing and complementation analysis of the nifUSV genes from Azospirillum brasilense

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-158

  Frazzon, Jeverson ^a   Schrank, Irene Silveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Complementation; Nif gene

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAMES;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032519674     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00550-8     Document Type: Article

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