Inhibition of biosynthesis and activity of nitrogenase in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 under salinity stress

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 363-367

  Tripathi, Anil Kumar ^a   Nagarajan, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Verma, Subhash Chandra ^a   Le Rudulier, Daniel ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NIFA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT STRESS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036584570     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0022-8     Document Type: Article

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