"Nitrogenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An enzyme system that catalyzes the fixing of nitrogen in soil bacteria and blue-green algae (CYANOBACTERIA). EC 1.18.6.1.
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D009591
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.647
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Kurtz DM, McMillan RS, Burgess BK, Mortenson LE, Holm RH. Identification of iron-sulfur centers in the iron-molybdenum proteins of nitrogenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 Oct; 76(10):4986-9.