Control of Herbaspirillum seropedicae NifA activity by ammonium ions and oxygen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 681-684

  Souza, E M ^a   Pedrosa, F O ^a   Drummond, M ^b   Rigo, L U ^a   Yates, M G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENETIC REGULATION; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032956540     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.681-684.1999     Document Type: Article

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