Heterocyst-specific expression of patB, a gene required for nitrogen fixation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2306-2314

  Jones, Kathryn M ^a,b   Buikema, William J ^a   Haselkorn, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN PATB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELETION MUTANT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PATB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSAMINASES;

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

EID: 0037379232     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2306-2314.2003     Document Type: Article

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