Heterocyst-specific excision of the Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 hupL element requires xisC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6031-6038

  Carrasco, Claudio D ^a,c   Holliday, Scott D ^a   Hansel, Alfred ^b,d   Lindblad, Peter ^b   Golden, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; INTEGRASE; NITROGEN; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XISC RECOMBINASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FDXN GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROCYST; HUPL GENE; NIFD GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XISA GENE; XISC GENE; XISF GENE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANABAENA SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24344433943     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.17.6031-6038.2005     Document Type: Article

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