Effects of perturbations of the nitrogenase electron transfer chain on reversible ADP-ribosylation of nitrogenase Fe protein in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains bearing the Rhodospirillum rubrum dra operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3681-3687

  Halbleib, Cale M ^a   Zhang, Yaoping ^a   Roberts, Gary P ^a   Ludden, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTAGENESIS; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0034123366     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3681-3687.2000     Document Type: Article

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