Modification of the P(II) protein in response to carbon and nitrogen availability in filamentous heterocystous cyanobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Liotenberg, Sylviane ^a   Campbell, Douglas ^a,b   Castets, Anne Marie ^a   Houmard, Jean ^a   Tandeau De Marsac, Nicole ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calothrix PCC 7504; Calothrix PCC 7601; Carbon assimilation; Cell differentiation; Nitrogen assimilation; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; TOLYPOTHRIX SP. PCC 7601;

EID: 0030297249     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00360-6     Document Type: Article

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