Mutagenesis and functional characterization of the glnB, glnA, and nifA genes from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 983-992

  Zhang, Yaoping ^a   Pohlmann, Edward L ^a   Ludden, Paul W ^a   Roberts, Gary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0033959356     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.983-992.2000     Document Type: Article

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