Azorhizobium caulinodans electron-transferring flavoprotein N electrochemically couples pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity to N2 fixation

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-126

  Scott, John D ^a   Ludwig, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642473920     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26603-0     Document Type: Article

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