Transcriptional profiling of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4477-4486

  Hamilton, Trinity L ^a   Ludwig, Marcus ^b   Dixon, Ray ^c   Boyd, Eric S ^a   Dos Santos, Patricia C ^d   Setubal, Joao C ^e,f   Bryant, Donald A ^a,b   Dean, Dennis R ^g   Peters, John W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANF PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON; MOLYBDIC ACID; NIF PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIC ACID; VNF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAZOTROPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 80052342199     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05099-11     Document Type: Article

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