Cell-type specificity of the Anabaena fdxN-element rearrangement requires xisH and xisI

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1241-1249

  Ramaswamy, K S ^a   Carrasco, Claudio D ^a   Fatma, Tasneem ^a,b   Golden, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FERREDOXINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0030896473     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3081671.x     Document Type: Article

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