Mutual dependence of the expression of the cell differentiation regulatory protein HetR and the global nitrogen regulator NtcA during heterocyst development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1377-1385

  Muro Pastor, Alicia M ^a   Valladares, Ana ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN HETR; PROTEIN NTCA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HETC PROTEIN, ANABAENA; HETR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NTCA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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

EID: 0036015648     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02970.x     Document Type: Article

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