Disruption analysis of the gene for a cold-regulated RNA-binding protein, rbpA1, in Anabaena: Cold-induced initiation of the heterocyst differentiation pathway

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1150-1160

  Sato, Naoki ^a   Wada, Akira ^b,c  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Cyanobacterium; Heterocyst differentiation; nifD Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030432146     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029066     Document Type: Article

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