Co-ordination and fine-tuning of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1132-1135

  Dos Santos, Patricia ^a   Dean, Dennis R z ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPP; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX2P; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPXP; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN ANFA; PROTEIN NIFA; PROTEIN NIFB; PROTEIN NIFS; PROTEIN NIFU; PROTEIN NIFV; PROTEIN VNFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 79951854830     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07541.x     Document Type: Note

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