Improved eco-friendly recombinant Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 with enhanced nitrogen biofertilizer potential

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Chaurasia, Akhilesh Kumar ^a   Apte, Shree Kumar ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA SP; BIO FERTILIZERS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; ECO-FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; HYDROPONIC EXPERIMENTS; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGENASE ACTIVITY; PADDY FIELDS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; RECOMBINANT STRAINS; RICE SEEDLINGS; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

NITROGEN;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERTILIZER; HETR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOFERTILIZER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PADDY FIELD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINATION; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RICE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERTILIZERS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 79551493243     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01714-10     Document Type: Article

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