Organization and expression of nitrogen-fixation genes in the aerobic nitrogen-fixing unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain RF-1

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 743-753

  Huang, Tan Chi ^a   Lin, Rong Fong ^a   Chu, Mu Kuei ^a   Chen, Horng Ming ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Gene organization; Nitrogen fixation; Rhythmic expression; Synechococcus RF 1

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE SP. PCC 8801; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0033018137     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-3-743     Document Type: Article

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