VnfY is required for full activity of the vanadium-containing dinitrogenase in Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2383-2386

  Rüttimann Johnson, Carmen ^a,b   Rubio, Luis M ^a,c   Dean, Dennis R ^d   Ludden, Paul W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN VNFY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VNFY GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NITROGENASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VANADIUM;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037377874     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2383-2386.2003     Document Type: Article

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