nifV is contiguous to nifHDK in Frankia strain FaC1

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 707-713

  Oh, Bo S I ^a   Twigg, Paul G ^c   Hong, Jeong Soo ^b   Mullin, Beth C ^d   An, Chung Sun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Directly repeated sequence; Frankia strain FaC1; homocitrate synthase; nif organization; nifD; nifH; nifK; nifV

Indexed keywords

FRANKIA;

EID: 1842414319     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990424.x     Document Type: Article

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