Identification of ten Anabaena sp. genes that under aerobic conditions are required for growth on dinitrogen but not for growth on fixed nitrogen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3482-3489

  Lechno Yossef, Sigal ^a   Fan, Qing ^a,b   Wojciuch, Elizabeth ^a   Wolk, C Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINITROGEN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AEROBIOSIS; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79960435857     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05010-11     Document Type: Article

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