Aromatic amino acid aminotransferase activity and indole-3-acetic acid production by associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-21

  Pedraza, Raúl Osvaldo ^a,b   Ramírez Mata, Alberto ^a   Xiqui, Ma Luisa ^a   Baca, Beatriz Eugenia ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AAT activity; IAA production; Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACT; GLUCONACETOBACTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SUPPLEMENTATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCONACETOBACTER; HISTIDINE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENYLALANINE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSAMINASES; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; GLUCONACETOBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 1642410179     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.01.047     Document Type: Article

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