Molecular evolution of the nif gene cluster carrying nifl1 and nifl2 genes in the Gram-positive phototrophic bacterium Heliobacterium chlorum

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-74

  Enkh Amgalan, Jigjiddorj ^a   Kawasaki, Hiroko ^a   Seki, Tatsuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE; PROTEIN NIFI1; PROTEIN NIFI2; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACTER; HELIOBACTERIUM CHLORUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; GEOBACTER; HELIOBACTERIUM CHLORUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 31144457521     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63815-0     Document Type: Article

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