A comprehensive aligned nifH gene database: A multipurpose tool for studies of nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Database

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gaby, John Christian ^a   Buckley, Daniel H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84906556405     PISSN: 17580463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/database/bau001     Document Type: Article

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