Molecular evidence for the aerobic expression of nifJ, encoding pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, in cyanobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-102

  Schmitz, Oliver ^a   Gurke, Joachim ^a   Bothe, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; Flavodoxin; Heterocyst; Ketoacid oxidoreductase; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A; FERREDOXIN; FLAVODOXIN; IRON; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AEROBIOSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; ARCHAEA; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0035808894     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00558-9     Document Type: Article

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