Genome-wide expression analysis of the responses to nitrogen deprivation in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

DNA Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 97-113

  Ehira, Shigeki ^a,b   Ohmori, Masayuki ^b   Sato, Naoki ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; DNA microarray; Heterocyst differentiation; Nitrogen deprivation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN REMODELLING; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSED ISLAND; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISLAND; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCYST; NITROGEN DEPRIVATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041812995     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/10.3.97     Document Type: Article

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