HcwA, an autolysin, is required for heterocyst maturation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 6841-6851

  Zhu, J ^a   Jager K ^a   Black, T ^a   Zarka, K ^a   Koksharova, O ^a   Wolk, C P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HCWA; PROTEIN HEPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE;

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

EID: 0035174903     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.23.6841-6851.2001     Document Type: Article

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