Evolution and functional characterization of the RH50 gene from the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9090-9100

  Cherif Zahar, Baya ^a,b   Durand, Anne ^c   Schmidt, Ingo ^d   Hamdaoui, Nabila ^a,b   Matic, Ivan ^a,b   Merrick, Mike ^c   Matassi, Giorgio ^e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRAIT; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37449009084     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01089-07     Document Type: Article

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