Heterocyst development in Anabaena

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 557-563

  Golden, James W ^a   Yoon, Ho Sung ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NTCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VACUOLE; DEVR GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEPK GENE; HETC GENE; HETEROCYST; HETF GENE; HETN GENE; HETR GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PATB GENE; PATS GENE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0347994995     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.004     Document Type: Review

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