A Novel Gene (narM) Required for Expression of Nitrate Reductase Activity in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus Strain PCC7942

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2107-2114

  Maeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Omata, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN NARB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CNAT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MUTAGENESIS; NARM GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDENUM; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 1642321711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.7.2107-2114.2004     Document Type: Article

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