Septum-localized protein required for filament integrity and diazotrophy in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3884-3890

  Flores, Enrique ^a,d   Pernil, Rafael ^a   Muro Pastor, Alicia M ^a   Mariscal, Vicente ^a   Maldener, Iris ^b,e   Lechno Yossef, Sigal ^c   Fan, Qing ^c,f   Wolk, C Peter ^c   Herrero, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; GLYCOLIPID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PERMEASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEPJ GENE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34248340858     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00085-07     Document Type: Article

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