The devR gene product is characteristic of receivers of two-component regulatory systems and is essential for heterocyst development in the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain ATCC 29133

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2037-2043

  Campbell, Elsie L ^a   Hagen, Kari D ^a   Cohen, Michael F ^a,b   Summers, Michael L ^a,c   Meeks, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NITROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANTHOCEROS PUNCTATUS; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 0029914578     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2037-2043.1996     Document Type: Article

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