Expression of the nifA gene of Herbaspirillum seropedicae: Role of the NtrC and NifA binding sites and of the -24/-12 promoter element

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1407-1418

  Souza, E M ^a,b   Pedrosa, F O ^b   Rigo, L U ^b   Machado, H B ^b   Yates, M G ^a,b  

^a Norwich University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Herbaspirillum seropedicae; nifA gene; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034123132     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1407     Document Type: Article

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