Partial characterization of nif genes from the bacterium Azospirillum amazonense

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1105-1113

  Potrich, D P ^a   Passaglia, L M P ^a   Schrank, I S ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Azospirillum amazonense; GlnB; Nif genes

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM AMAZONENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0035464817     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000900002     Document Type: Article

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