alr0117, a two-component histidine kinase gene, is involved in heterocyst development in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-453

  Ning, Degang ^a   Xu, Xudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ALR0117; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSON TN5; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1242296194     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26747-0     Document Type: Article

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