Activation of nif gene expression in Azotobacter by the nifA gene product of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

doi:10.1038/301626a0

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Activation of nif gene expression in Azotobacter by the nifA gene product of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Kennedy C, Robson R L

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Structural similarity of nitrogenase, the enzyme responsible for biological nitrogen fixation, from various diazotrophic bacteria has been shown by intergeneric biochemical complementation of component proteins in vitro, DNA and protein sequence analysis, and DNA hybridization between nif (nitrog...

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Azotobacter
Bacterial Proteins
DNA Restriction Enzymes
Gene Expression Regulation
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Mutation

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