Inferring the evolutionary history of mo-dependent nitrogen fixation from phylogenetic studies of nifk and nifdk

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-85

  Hartmann, Linda S ^a   Barnum, Susan R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterocystous cyanobacteria; Lateral gene transfer; nif phylogeny; nifD; nifK; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Vertical inheritance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FRANKIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77955013523     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9365-8     Document Type: Article

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