Cloning and characterisation of the Azospirillum brasilense glnD gene and analysis of a glnD mutant

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 813-820

  Van Dommelen, A ^a   Keijers, V ^a   Somers, E ^a   Vanderleyden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; glnD; Nitrogen control; Plant growth promoting rhizobacterium; Uridylyltransferase uridylyl removing enzyme

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0035678984     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-001-0598-5     Document Type: Article

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