title: Role of the fixGHI region of Azorhizobium caulinodans in free-living and symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
abstract: A 19-kb DNA region containing genes sharing homology with Rhizobium meliloti fixNOQP and fixGHI was isolated from a genomic library of Azorhizobium caulinodans. Identity of fixG was confirmed by partial nucleotide sequencing. Mutant strains in the fixGHI region were constructed by deletion or Tn5 insertions. In contrast with the situation in R. meliloti, the mutants still displayed a significant nitrogenase activity in symbiosis.
authors.affiliation: Département des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mandon
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mougel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Desnoues
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elmerich
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000235:genetics*; D009591:Nitrogenase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012230:Rhizobiaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D009591:Nitrogenase