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Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the 21st Century

Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, July 20–25 1997

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. C. Elmerich

    1. Département des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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  2. A. Kondorosi

    1. Institut des Sciences Végétales, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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  3. W. E. Newton

    1. Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture (PSBA, volume 31)

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Table of contents (435 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Keynote Lecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Lipo-Chitooligosaccharides (LCO’s) as Growth Hormones

      • J. Schell, J. Schmidt, M. John, H. Röhrig
      Pages 3-5

  3. Chemistry and Biochemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Progress in Nitrogenase-Related Research

      • W. E. Newton
      Pages 9-10

    3. Complex Structures of Nitrogenase

      • D. C. Rees, H. Schindelin, C. Kisker, J. Schlessman, J. W. Peters, L. C. Seefeldt et al.
      Pages 11-16

    4. Chemical Models for the Function of Nitrogenase

      • R. L. Richards
      Pages 17-22

    5. Mapping the Catalytic Surface of A. vinelandii MoFe Protein by Site Specific Mutagenesis

      • K. Fisher, N. D. Hare, W. E. Newton
      Pages 23-26

    6. Activation of Iron and Sulfur for Nitrogenase Metallocluster Formation

      • D. R. Dean, J. Christianson, P. Yuvaniyama, L. Zheng, V. Cash, J. Agar et al.
      Pages 27-31

    7. Biosynthesis of the Iron-Molybdenum and Iron-Vanadium Cofactors

      • P. W. Ludden, V. K. Shah, G. P. Roberts, C. Rüttimann-Johnson, P. Rangaraj, T. Foulger et al.
      Pages 33-38

    8. Nucleotide Hydrolysis and Electron Transfer Reactions in Nitrogenase Catalysis

      • L. C. Seefeldt, M. J. Ryle, J. M. Chan, W. N. Lanzilotta
      Pages 39-42

    9. Structure of Klebsiella pneumoniae Nitrogenase

      • B. E. Smith, F. Yousafzai, R. R. Eady, C. A. Gormal, S. Mayer, S. M. Roe et al.
      Pages 43-46

    10. A. vinelandii Fe Protein: MgATP Induced Conformational Change and Reduction to an all Ferrous State

      • H. C. Angove, E. Bursey, B. K. Burgess
      Pages 47-48

    11. New Possibilities for Studying Mechanism of Nitrogenase Reaction with Photodonors of Electron

      • L. A. Syrtsova, S. Y. Druzhinin, E. T. Rubtsova, N. I. Shkondina
      Pages 49-50

    12. Requirement of NifX and Other Nif Proteins for in vitro Biosynthesis of the Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor of Nitrogenase

      • V. K. Shah, P. Rangaraj, R. Chatterjee, R. M. Allen, J. T. Roll, G. P. Roberts et al.
      Pages 51-52

    13. Stopped-Flow Infra-Red Spectroscopy of Functioning Nitrogenase

      • R. N. F. Thorneley, G. A. Ashby, S. J. George, C. W. Wharton
      Pages 53-54

    14. CO Binding to and Metal-Ion Valencies of the Femo-Cofactor in CO-Inhibited Nitrogenase

      • H.-I. Lee, B. J. Hales, B. M. Hoffman
      Pages 55-56

    15. The Fe-Only Nitrogenase from Rhodobacter Capsulatus: 1. Catalytic and EPR-Spectroscopic Properties of the FeFe Protein

      • M. Dröttboom, K. Schneider, A. Müller
      Pages 57-58

    16. The Fe-Only Nitrogenase From Rhodobacter capsulatus: 2. The FeFe Protein Metal Centers Probed by EXAFS and Mössbauer Spectroscopy

      • E. Krahn, B. J. R. Weiss, M. Kröckel, S. P. Cramer, A. X. Trautwein, K. Schneider et al.
      Pages 59-60

    17. The Nitrogen Cycle Sustained by Prokaryotes: Reversing Dinitrogen Fixation

      • W. G. Zumft
      Pages 61-66
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Nitrogen availability is one of the most critical factors that limits plant productivity. The largest reservoir of nitrogen is the atmosphere, but this gaseous molecular nitrogen only becomes available to plants through the biological nitrogen fixation process, which only prokaryotic cells have developed. The discovery that microbes were providing fixed nitrogen to legumes and the isolation of the first nitrogen-fixing bacteria occured at the end the 19th Century, in Louis Pasteur's time. We are now building on more than 100 years of research in this field and looking towards the 21st Century. The International Nitrogen Fixation Congress series Started more than 20 years ago. The format of this Congress is designed to gather scientists from very diverse origins, backgrounds, interests and scientific approaches and is a forum where fundamental knowledge is discussed alongside applied research. This confluence of perspectives is, we believe, extremely beneficial in raising new ideas, questions and concepts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    C. Elmerich

  • Institut des Sciences Végétales, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    A. Kondorosi

  • Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

    W. E. Newton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the 21st Century

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, July 20–25 1997

  • Editors: C. Elmerich, A. Kondorosi, W. E. Newton

  • Series Title: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5159-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4834-4Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6169-8Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5159-7Published: 01 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-1949

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 708

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology

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