Rhizobium etli cycHJKL gene locus involved in c-type cytochrome biogenesis: Sequence analysis and characterization of two cycH mutants

Gene

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Tabche, María Luisa ^a   García, Ernesto G ^b   Miranda, Juan ^a   Escamilla, Edgardo ^b   Soberùn, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; c Type cytochromes; Haem lyase; Nitrogen fixation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032570834     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00655-0     Document Type: Article

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