Lateral gene transfer in the deep sea of Mariana Trench: Identification of nar gene cluster encoding membrane-bound nitrate reductase from pseudomonas sp. strain MT-1

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 338-343

  Tamegai, Hideyuki ^a   Kato, Chiaki ^b   Horikoshi, Koki ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Denitrification; Lateral gene transfer; Membrane bound nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN NARK; PROTEIN NARM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; DEEP SEA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE BINDING; NAR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MT1; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 11144278607     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170400009293     Document Type: Article

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