Molecular cloning and complementation analysis of nifV gene from Frankia EuIK1 strain

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-33

  Oh, Chang Jae ^a   Kim, Ho Bang ^a   An, Chung Sun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complementation Test; Frankia EuiK1 Strain; Genomic Library Screening; K. pneumoniae; nifV; Phylogenetic Analysis; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOCITRATE SYNTHASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; FRANKIA; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NIFV GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEOBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA; FRANKIA; FRANKIA SP.; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; FRANKIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037840609     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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