Molecular evolution of nitrogen fixation: the evolutionary history of the nifD, nifK, nifE, and nifN genes.

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Published in J Mol Evol on July 01, 2000

Authors

R Fani1, R Gallo, P Liò

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Università di Firenze, Via Romana 17-19, I-50125 Firenze, Italy. r_fani@dbag.unifi.it

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