A TolC-like protein is required for heterocyst development in anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7887-7895

  Moslavac, Suncana ^a   Nicolaisen, Kerstin ^a   Mirus, Oliver ^a   Al Dehni, Fadi ^b   Pernil, Rafael ^c   Flores, Enrique ^c   Maldener, Iris ^b,d   Schleiff, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA BARREL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN ALR2887; PROTEIN DEVBCA; TOLC LIKE PROTEIN; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; HETEROCYST; HGDD GENE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 35648931463     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00750-07     Document Type: Article

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