Hydrogen production in nitrogenase mutants in Anabaena variabilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Weyman, Philip D ^a   Pratte, Brenda ^a   Thiel, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabaena variabilis; Cyanobacteria; Hydrogen; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMINO ACID; ARGON; HYDROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 76349116490     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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