Nucleotide sequence of the nifHDK operon in the aerobic nitrogen-fixing unicellular Synechococcus RF-1

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-105

  Chen, Horng Ming ^a,b   Huang, Tan Chi ^b   Chien, Chiu Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; nifHDK operon; Nitrogen fixation; Nucleotide sequence; Synechococcus RF 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344487646     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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