Nitrogen fixation : from molecules to crop productivity : proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Foz do Igua?cu, Paranaa, Brazil, September 12-27, 1999 /
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| Meeting name: | International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation (12th : 1999 : Paranaa, Brazil) |
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000. |
| Description: | xxvi, 669 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current plant science and biotechnology in agriculture 38 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4344246 |
Table of Contents:
- Keynote Lecture
- Nitrogen fixation in perspective
- Section I. Biochemistry and Chemistry
- Chemistry and biochemistry of nitrogenase
- The mechanism of molybdenum nitrogenase: An overview
- Roles for nucleotides in nitrogenase catalysis
- Superoxide-dependent nitrogen fixation
- Chemistry and biochemistry of nitrogenase (Part 1)
- A 1.6 A resolution x-ray crystallographic study of Klebsiella pneumoniae MoFe protein, Kp1
- Roles of VnfX and NifX in FeV-co and FeMo-co synthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii
- Studies on the mechanism for the activiation of iron and sulfur for formation of the nitrogenase metal centers
- Stopped-flow infra-red spectroscopy of carbon monoxide binding to functioning nitrogenase
- Reductant-dependent ATP utilization during nitrogenase catalysis: Studies using Ti (III)
- Cofactor reactivity and models for cofactor reactions
- Interactions of small molecules with isolated FeMoco
- Catalytic reactions with FeMoco in non-enzymatic surroundings (comparison with synthetic catalysts)
- Catalytic behavior of isolated FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase in non-protein surroundings
- Chemical nitrogen fixation: protonation of coordinated dinitrogen with coordinated dihydrogen or bridging hydrosulfido ligands
- Mo, V and Fe complexes of tripodal sulfur-donor ligands as models for nitrogenase active sites
- The use of chemicals models to probe the mechanisms of substrate reduction reactions of nitrogenases
- Poster Summaries
- Section II. Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation and Assimilation. Regulation of nif gene expression in free-living diazotrophs: recent advances
- Activation of transcription by the sigma-54 RNA polymerase holoenzyme
- New mechanisms of bacterial gene regulation in a nitrogen-fixing phototroph
- Regulation of nitrogen fixation and glutamine synthetase in Herbaspirillum seropedicae
- Analysis of bacterial gene expression during the late stages of the interaction between Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 and Phaseolus vulgaris
- Functional analysis of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum RegSR two-component regulatory proteins
- Role of Herbaspirillum seropedicae NifA domains on the expression of nif genes
- Characterization of an Azospirillum brasilense Tn5 mutant with enhanced nitrogen fixation
- amtB is necessary for NH4+ induced nitrogenase switch-off and ADP-ribosylation in Rhodobacter capculatus
- Regulation of Azotobacter vinelandii NifA activity by NifL: Role of PII-like proteins in nitrogen sensing
- Structural basis for signal transduction within the FixJ transcriptional activator
- Effect of redox status of dinitrogenase reductase on the regulation of nitrogenase activity by reversible ADP-ribosylation
- Heterotrimerization of PII-like signalling proteins: Lessons from a comparative analysis between a cyanobacterial PII homologue and its proteobacterial counterparts
- Role of PII protein as a signal of nitrogen level in Herbaspirillum seropedicae
- Poster Summaries
- Genetics of nitrogen fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus: Ammonium and molybdenum control of both nitrogenase systems
- Electron transport pathway to nitrogenase in Rhodobacter capsulatus: Rnf complex and its relatives in non-diazotrophs
- Photosynthesis in Aeschynomene Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS278: Genetic analysis and role in symbiosis
- The concerted action of hydrogenases and nit
