Hemoglobin in five genetically diverse Frankia strains

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1048-1055

  Beckwith, Jason ^a,c   Tjepkema, John D ^a   Cashon, Robert E ^a   Schwintzer, Christa R ^a   Tisa, Louis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frankia; Hemoglobin; Truncated hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GENETIC DIVERSITY;

HEMOGLOBIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BACTERIUM; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANKIA; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CULTURE MEDIA; FRANKIA; HEMOGLOBINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036954952     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-106     Document Type: Article

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