Expression and association of group IV nitrogenase NifD and NifH homologs in the non-nitrogen-fixing archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7392-7398

  Staples, Christopher R ^a   Lahiri, Surobhi ^b   Raymond, Jason ^c   Von Herbulis, Lindsay ^d,e   Mukhophadhyay, Biswarup ^d,e   Blankenship, Robert E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN BCHL; PROTEIN BCHN; PROTEIN NIFD; PROTEIN NIFH; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; METHANOCOCCALES; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN BINDING; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 35048881646     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00876-07     Document Type: Article

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