Characterization of a nodM/glms homologous gene in the symbiotic cyanobacterium nostoc PCC 9229

Symbiosis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-246

  Viterbo, A ^a,b   Matveyev, A ^a,c   Rasmussen, U ^a   Bergman, B ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

GlmS; Gunnera; PsaC

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ASSAY; FLAVONOID; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

GUNNERA; NOSTOC;

EID: 0032927252     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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