Characterization of devH, a gene encoding a putative DNA binding protein required for heterocyst function in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3572-3581

  Hebbar, Pratibha B ^a,b   Curtis, Stephanie E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CISTRON; CYST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STARVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034084414     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3572-3581.2000     Document Type: Article

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