Inactivation of cyanobacterial nitrogenase after exposure to ultraviolet-B radiation

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 380-384

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Tyagi, Madhu Bala ^a   Jha, Prabhat Nath ^a   Srinivas, Gannavarapu ^a   Singh, Abha ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Patna Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA RADIATION; CELL KILLING; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANABAENA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANABAENA; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGENASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0038727280     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-3894-8     Document Type: Article

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