Predicted glycosyl transferase genes located outside the HEP island are required for formation of heterocyst envelope polysaccharide in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5372-5378

  Wang, Yu ^a,c   Lechno Yossef, Sigal ^b   Gong, Yangmin ^a   Fan, Qing ^b,d   Wolk, C Peter ^b   Xu, Xudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HEPB GENE; HEPK GENE; HEPN GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 34447514354     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00343-07     Document Type: Article

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