Functional organization of a single nif cluster in the mesophilic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1

Archaea

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-150

  Ehlers, Claudia ^a   Veit, Katharina ^a   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^a   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GlnB like proteins; nif genes; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen regulation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3042767593     PISSN: 14723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/362813     Document Type: Article

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