Nitrate reductase activity and heterocyst suppression on nitrate in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 require moeA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3893-3898

  Ramaswamy, K S ^a   Endley, Seema ^a   Golden, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLYBDOPTERIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROSOGUANIDINE; PARAQUAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029884299     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3893-3898.1996     Document Type: Article

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