Expression of nitrogenase gene (NIFH) in roots and stems of rice, Oryza sativa, by endophytic nitrogen-fixing communities

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1950-1957

  Elbeltagy, Adel ^a,b   Ando, Yasuo ^b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

niFH sequence; Nitrogenase expression; Phylogenetic tree; Rice

Indexed keywords

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DATA BASE; ENDOPHYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; ORYZA SATIVA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 46349091318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2008.000-5042     Document Type: Article

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