Effect of controlled expression of the hetR gene on heterocyst formation in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-48

  El Shehawy, Rehab M ^a,b   Kleiner, Diethelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

HETEROCYST FORMATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

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

EID: 0141746297     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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