A transposition-induced mutant of Nostoc ellipsosporum implicates an arginine-biosynthetic gene in the formation of cyanophycin granules and of functional heterocysts and akinetes

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1799-1805

  Leganes F ^a   Fernandez Pinas F ^a   Wolk, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akinete; Arginine; Cyanophycin; Differentiation; Heterocyst

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOSTOC ELLIPSOSPORUM;

EID: 0031873421     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1799     Document Type: Article

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