Cloning and sequencing of nifBHDKENX genes of Paenibacillus massiliensis T7 and its nif promoter analysis

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Zhao, Hongxin ^a,b   Xie, Baoen ^a   Chen, Sanfeng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inverse PCR; nifB lacZ; nifBHDKENX; Paenibacillus massiliensis T7

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS MASSILIENSIS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NIFB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33747352067     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-006-0115-5     Document Type: Article

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