The Gas Vesicle Gene Cluster from Microcystis aeruginosa and DNA Rearrangements that Lead to Loss of Cell Buoyancy

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2355-2365

  Mlouka, Alyssa ^a   Comte, Katia ^a   Castets, Anne Marie ^a   Bouchier, Christiane ^a   Tandeau De Marsac, Nicole ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS VESICLE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; IMMUNODETECTION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA PCC 7806;

EID: 1842558984     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.8.2355-2365.2004     Document Type: Article

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