Prokaryotic nitrate reduction: Molecular properties and functional distinction among bacterial nitrate reductases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6573-6584

  Moreno Vivián, Conrado ^a   Cabello, Purificación ^a   Martínez Luque, Manuel ^a   Blasco, Rafael ^a   Castillo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032704710     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6573-6584.1999     Document Type: Short Survey

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