Gene Review:
nifA - nitrogen fixation protein NifA
Sinorhizobium fredii NGR234
- Azospirillum, a free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium closely associated with grasses: genetic, biochemical and ecological aspects. Steenhoudt, O., Vanderleyden, J. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. (2000)
- Nucleotide sequence of the regulatory nifA gene of Rhizobium leguminosarum PRE: transcriptional control sites and expression in Escherichia coli. Roelvink, P.W., Hontelez, J.G., van Kammen, A., van den Bos, R.C. Mol. Microbiol. (1989)
- Identification and characterization of two nitrogen fixation regulatory regions, nifA and nfrX, in Azotobacter vinelandii and Azotobacter chroococcum. Santero, E., Toukdarian, A., Humphrey, R., Kennedy, C. Mol. Microbiol. (1988)
- Identification of a nifA-like regulatory gene of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 expressed under conditions of nitrogen fixation and in the presence of air and ammonia. Liang, Y.Y., Kaminski, P.A., Elmerich, C. Mol. Microbiol. (1991)
- Hydrogenase genes from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae are controlled by the nitrogen fixation regulatory protein nifA. Brito, B., Martínez, M., Fernández, D., Rey, L., Cabrera, E., Palacios, J.M., Imperial, J., Ruiz-Argüeso, T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- Essential and non-essential domains in the Bradyrhizobium japonicum NifA protein: identification of indispensable cysteine residues potentially involved in redox reactivity and/or metal binding. Fischer, H.M., Bruderer, T., Hennecke, H. Nucleic Acids Res. (1988)
- NifA-dependent expression of glutamate dehydrogenase in Rhizobium etli modifies nitrogen partitioning during symbiosis. Mendoza, A., Valderrama, B., Leija, A., Mora, J. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. (1998)
- Identification and DNA sequence of fixZ, a nifB-like gene from Rhizobium leguminosarum. Rossen, L., Ma, Q.S., Mudd, E.A., Johnston, A.W., Downie, J.A. Nucleic Acids Res. (1984)
- Activation of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum nifH and nifDK operons is dependent on promoter-upstream DNA sequences. Alvarez-Morales, A., Betancourt-Alvarez, M., Kaluza, K., Hennecke, H. Nucleic Acids Res. (1986)
- The symbiotic nitrogen fixation regulatory operon (fixRnifA) of Bradyrhizobium japonicum is expressed aerobically and is subject to a novel, nifA-independent type of activation. Thöny, B., Fischer, H.M., Anthamatten, D., Bruderer, T., Hennecke, H. Nucleic Acids Res. (1987)
- Regulatory proteins and cis-acting elements involved in the transcriptional control of Rhizobium etli reiterated nifH genes. Valderrama, B., Dávalos, A., Girard, L., Morett, E., Mora, J. J. Bacteriol. (1996)
- A defined amino acid exchange close to the putative nucleotide binding site is responsible for an oxygen-tolerant variant of the Rhizobium meliloti NifA protein. Krey, R., Pühler, A., Klipp, W. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1992)
- Nucleotide sequence and characterization of Rhizobium meliloti nodulation competitiveness genes nfe. Soto, M.J., Zorzano, A., Mercado-Blanco, J., Lepek, V., Olivares, J., Toro, N. J. Mol. Biol. (1993)
- Critical spacing between two essential cysteine residues in the interdomain linker of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum NifA protein. Fischer, H.M., Fritsche, S., Herzog, B., Hennecke, H. FEBS Lett. (1989)
- The nifH promoter region of Rhizobium leguminosarum: nucleotide sequence and promoter elements controlling activation by NifA protein. Roelvink, P.W., Harmsen, M., van Kammen, A., van den Bos, R.C. Gene (1990)