Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering in Nitrogen Fixation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 766, Issue , 2011, Pages 81-92

  Dos Santos, Patricia C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Competency; congression; rescue; selection; transformation

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; PROKARYOTA;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 80052955968     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-194-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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