Potential roles for the glnB and ntr YX genes in Azospirillum brasilense

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-204

  Vitorino, Josiane C ^a   Steffens, M Berenice R ^a   Machado, Hidevaldo B ^a   Yates, M Geoffrey ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; GlnB gene; nif regulation; Nitrogen fixation; ntr YX

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE; NITROGENASE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMMONIA; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 0035943135     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00258-0     Document Type: Article

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