Molecular and genetic analysis of two closely linked genes that encode, respectively, a protein phosphatase 1/2A/2B homolog and a protein kinase homolog in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2616-2622

  Zhang, Cheng Cai ^a   Friry, Aline ^a,c   Peng, Ling ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031900923     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2616-2622.1998     Document Type: Article

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