Physiological alterations and regulation of heterocyst and nitrogenase formation in Het- Fix- mutant strain of Anabaena variabilis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 315-322

  Singh, Bhanumati ^a   Chauhan, Vinay S ^a   Singh, Surendra ^b   Bisen, Prakash S ^c  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

ANABAENA; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENESIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036834517     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3756-z     Document Type: Article

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