A screen for sequences up-regulated during heterocyst development in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 313-322

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

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120; Cyanobacteria; Genome screening; Heterocyst development; Nitrogen starvation; Up regulated genes

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ANABAENA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTIG MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

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

EID: 0035017947     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030100267     Document Type: Article

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