The hetF gene product is essential to heterocyst differentiation and affects hetR function in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2654-2661

  Wong, F C Y ^a   Meeks, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN HETF; PROTEIN HETR; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 0035088812     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.8.2654-2661.2001     Document Type: Article

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