Inhibition of cell division blocks the synthesis of the second nitrogenase (Nif2) in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-25

  El Shehawy, R ^a   Bergman, B ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Cell division; Nif2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFALEXIN; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRICHOME;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANABAENA VARIABILIS ATCC 29413; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037436163     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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