Heterocyst formation in Anabaena

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 623-629

  Golden, James W ^a   Yoon, Ho Sung ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032234808     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80106-9     Document Type: Article

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