Nitrate assimilation genes of the marine diazotrophic, filamentous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. strain WH9601

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1764-1767

  Wang, Qingfeng ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Post, Anton F ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NITRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OPERON; PHYLOGENY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; NASA; PROKARYOTA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM SP.;

EID: 0034006507     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1764-1767.2000     Document Type: Article

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