Symbiotic nitrogen fixation does not require adenylylation of glutamine synthetase I in Rhizobium meliloti

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Arcondéguy, Tania ^b   Huez, Isabelle ^a,b   Fourment, Joëlle ^b   Kahn, Daniel ^b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adenylylation; glnA gene; Glutamine synthetase; Rhizobium meliloti; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0038532875     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00381-3     Document Type: Article

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