Regulation of Nif Gene Expression in Free-Living Diazotrophs: Recent Advances

Merrick, M. J.; Arcondeguy, T.; van Heeswijk, W. C.

doi:10.1007/0-306-47615-0_26

Regulation of Nif Gene Expression in Free-Living Diazotrophs: Recent Advances

M. J. Merrick⁴,
T. Arcondeguy⁴ &
W. C. van Heeswijk⁵

Chapter

29 Accesses

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 38))

Conclusions

The prospects for a detailed understanding of many aspects of nif regulation at the molecular level are now extremely good with progressively more aspects of the system becoming tractable in vitro. Structural information on homologous systems is offering new insights into mechanistic aspects of these processes and, as the history of this field of research clearly shows, many of these studies continue to have major implications in other areas of prokaryotic biology.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter: USD 29.95; Price excludes VAT (USA)

eBook: USD 259.00; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Softcover Book: USD 329.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Hardcover Book: USD 329.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

Arsene F et al (1996) J. Bacteriol. 178, 4830–4838.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Atkinson M et al (1998) Mol. Microbiol. 29, 431–447.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Austin S et al (1994) J. Bacteriol. 176, 3460–3465.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Benelli EM et al (1997) J. Bacteriol. 179, 4623–4626.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Berger DK et al (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 103–107.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Berger DK et al (1995) J. Bacteriol. 177, 191–199.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Bilwes AM et al (1999) Cell 96, 131–141.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Carr PD et al (1996) Acta Cryst D52, 93–104.
CAS Google Scholar
Christie JM et al (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 8779–8783.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Contreras A et al (1991) J. Bacteriol. 173, 7741–7749.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Dixon R et al (1980) Nature 286, 128–132.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Drummond M et al (1995) In Tikonovich IA, Provorov NA, Romanov VI and Newton WE, eds, Nitrogen Fixation: Fundamentals and Applications, p 214, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Google Scholar
Drummond M et al (1986) EMBO J. 5, 441–447.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Drummond MH et al (1990) Mol. Microbiol. 4, 29–37.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Drummond MH et al (1987) Mol. Microbiol. 1, 37–44.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Edwards R et al (1995) Mol. Gen. Genet. 247, 189–198.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Egner T et al (1998) In Abstracts of the 3^rd European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, p 154.
Google Scholar
Fischer H-M (1994) Microbiol. Revs. 58, 352–386.
CAS Google Scholar
Fischer H-M et al (1988) Nucl. Acids Res. 16, 2207–2224.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Forchhammer K et al (1999) Mol. Microbiol. 33, 338–349.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Gong W et al (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 15177–15182.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Gonzalez V et al (1998) Mol. Microbiol. 28, 55–67.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
He L et al (1998) J. Bacteriol. 180, 6661–6667.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Henderson N et al (1989) Mol. Gen. Genet. 216, 484–491.
Article CAS Google Scholar
Hill S et al (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 2143–2148.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Holtel A et al (1989) Mol. Gen. Genet. 217, 474–480.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Huala E et al (1997) Science 278, 2120–2123.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Jack R et al (1999) J. Bacteriol. 181, 1156–1162.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Liang YY et al (1992) FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 79, 113–119.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Macheroux P et al (1998) Biochem. J. 332 (Pt 2), 413–419.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Meletzus D et al (1998) J. Bacteriol. 180, 3260–3264.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Michel-Reydellet N et al (1999) J. Bacteriol 181, 2655–2658.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Missaillidis S et al (1999) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 361, 173–182.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Money T et al (1999) J. Bacteriol. 181, 4461–4468.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Monteiro RA et al (1999) FEBS Lett. 447, 283–286.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Morais Cabral JH et al (1998) Cell 95, 649–655.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
North AK et al (1996) J. Mol. Biol. 260, 317–331.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Osuna J et al (1997) Protein Sci. 6, 543–555.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Paschen A et al (1998) In Elmerich C, Kondorosi A and Newton WE, eds, Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the 21st Century, pp131–132, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Google Scholar
Passaglia LM et al (1998) Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 31, 1363–1374.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Pellequer JL et al (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 5884–5890.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Rebbapragada A et al (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 10541–10546.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Rudnick P et al (1998) In Elmerich C, Kondorosi A and Newton WE, eds, Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the 21st Century, pp 123–124, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Google Scholar
Schmitz RA (1997) FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 157, 313–318.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Schmitz RA et al (1996) J. Bacteriol. 178, 4679–4687.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Söderbäck E et al (1998) Mol. Microbiol. 28, 179–192.
PubMed Google Scholar
Souza EM et al (1999) J. Bacteriol. 181, 681–684.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Tanaka T et al (1998) Nature 396, 88–92.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Thomas G et al (1999) Trends in Genetics (in press).
Google Scholar
van Heeswijk WC et al (1996) Mol. Microbiol. 21, 133–146.
PubMed Google Scholar
Wang Y-K et al (1997) J. Bacteriol. 179, 5812–5819.
PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Xu Y et al (1998) J. Mol. Biol. 282, 149–165.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar
Zhulin IB et al (1997) Trends Biochem. Sci. 22, 331–333.
Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
M. J. Merrick & T. Arcondeguy
Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Free University, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
W. C. van Heeswijk

Authors

M. J. Merrick
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar
T. Arcondeguy
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar
W. C. van Heeswijk
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Fabio O. Pedrosa & Geoffrey Yates &
Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brazil
Mariangela Hungria
Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
William E. Newton

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Merrick, M.J., Arcondeguy, T., van Heeswijk, W.C. (2000). Regulation of Nif Gene Expression in Free-Living Diazotrophs: Recent Advances. In: Pedrosa, F.O., Hungria, M., Yates, G., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation: From Molecules to Crop Productivity. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47615-0_26

Download citation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47615-0_26
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-0-7923-6233-3
Online ISBN: 978-0-306-47615-0
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics