nitrogen fixation

Preferred Label : nitrogen fixation;

MeSH definition : The process in certain BACTERIA; FUNGI; and CYANOBACTERIA converting free atmospheric NITROGEN to biologically usable forms of nitrogen, such as AMMONIA; NITRATES; and amino compounds.;

MeSH synonym : diazotrophic activities; diazotrophic activity; fixation, nitrogen; activities, diazotrophic; activity, diazotrophic; dinitrogen fixation; fixation, dinitrogen; n2 fixation; fixation, n2;

Related MeSH term : diazotrophy;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen fixation;

Details

Origin ID

D009586;

UMLS CUI

C0028161;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- nitrogen fixation [IUPAC Term]
- nitrogen fixation [GO term]
Indexing information
- ENOD8 protein, medicago sativa [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- ExoD protein, rhizobium meliloti [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NIN protein, lotus japonicus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NifB protein, bacteria [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NifI1 protein, methanococcus maripaludis [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NifI2 protein, methanococcus maripaludis [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NifU protein, bacteria [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NolM protein, bradyrhizobium japonicum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NolN protein, bradyrhizobium japonicum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- dinitrogenase reductase ADP-ribosyltransferase [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- nifL protein, bacteria [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- nifS protein, bacteria [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- nolO protein, bradyrhizobium japonicum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- diazotrophy [MeSH concept]
- nitrogen fixation [MeSH concept]
See also
- Trichodesmium [MeSH Descriptor]
- plant root nodulation [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Organism Function [UMLS semantic type]

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