Characterization of the DraT/DraG system for posttranslational regulation of nitrogenase in the endophytic betaproteobacterium Azoarcus sp. strain BH72

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3726-3735

  Oetjen, Janina ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE ACTIVATING GLYCOHYDROLASE 1; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE ACTIVATING GLYCOHYDROLASE 2; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; IRON; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 66149098542     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01720-08     Document Type: Article

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