Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 hetY Gene Influences Heterocyst Development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6995-7000

  Yoon, Ho Sung ^a,b   Lee, Martin H ^a   Xiong, Jin ^a   Golden, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MATURATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HETEROCYST; HETY GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PATS GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STARVATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANABAENA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0345256328     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.6995-7000.2003     Document Type: Article

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