Synopsis
Opening Remarks.- General Introduction.- Overview of Nitrogen Fixation.- Plasmids as Vectors for Gene Cloning.- The Nitrogen Fixation Cistrons of Klebsiella pneumoniae.- Transformation of Nitrogen-Fixation Genes in Azotobacter.- Genetic Hybridization of Root-Nodule Bacteria (Rhizobium).- Genetic Mapping of Rhizobium meliloti using RP4.- Nitrogen Fixation (NIF) Regulatory Mutants of Klebsiella: Determination of the Energy Cost of N2 Fixation in vivo.- Cloning Nitrogen Fixing Genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae in vitro and the Isolation of NIF Promoter Mutants Affecting Glutamine Synthetase Regulation.- The Development of a Molecular Cloning System in Higher Plants.- The Ti-Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a Natural Vector for the Introduction of NIF Genes in Plants?.- The Incorporation and Expression of Agrobacterium Plasmid Genes in Crown Gall Tumors.- Engineered Plant Cell or Fungal Association with Bacteria that Fix Nitrogen.- Uptake of the Nitrogen Fixing Blue-Green Alga Gloeocapsa by Plant Protoplasts.- The Azolla - Anabaena azollae symbiosis.- Nitrogen Fixation by Azolla in Rice Fields.- Lectins as Determinants of Specificity in Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis.- Plant Protoplast Fusion and Hybridization.- Biochemistry of Nitrogenase.- Energy Coupling Efficiency of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation.- Approaches for Increasing Photosynthetic Efficiency Efficiency.- Rate-Limiting Steps in Biological Photoproductivity.- Photosynthesis and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Phaseolus vulgaris L..- Contributed Papers.- Use of RP4 Plasmids Carrying Bacteriophage Mu Insertions in Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae and Rhizobium meliloti.- Genetic Control of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Soybeans.- Glutamine Synthetase Control of Nitrogen Fixation in Rhizobia.- of Potential Sex Factors into Rhizobium japonicum.- Antibiotic Resistance in Rhizobium japonicum: Implications for Safety and Interpretation of NIF Transfer from Rhizobium.- Limitations to Field Application of Rhizobium inoculants.- Fast Reaction Kinetics of Ferredoxin.- Transient Intermediate Species in the Oxidation of Hydrazine.- Roundtable Discussions and Special Topics.- Recombinant DNA Guidelines for Nitrogen Fixation in Plant Sciences - Roundtable Summary.- Potential Associated Nitrogen Fixing Systems - Roundtable.- Physiological Studies of Spirillum lipoferum.- N2 Fixation Associated with Non-Leguminous Plants.- Taxonomic Studies of Spirillum lipoferum.- Use of 15N-Enriched Soil to Study N2 Fixation in Grasses.- Panel on Public Impact Issues.- Environmental Impact.- Genetic Engineering of Nitrogen Fixation (NIF).- Legal Aspects of Recombinant DNA Research Legal Aspects.- Addendum: Questions and Answers Regarding Recent Department of Commerce Actions Involving Recombinant DNA Patent Applications.- Agricultural Productivity and Biological Nitrogen Fixation, An International View.- List of Participants.
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