Molybdate transport and its effect on nitrogen utilization in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 539-549

  Zahalak, Marta ^a   Pratte, Brenda ^a   Werth, Kelly J ^a   Thiel, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS ATCC 29413; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0942301204     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03851.x     Document Type: Article

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