The Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 gene all2874 encodes a diguanylate cyclase and is required for normal heterocyst development under high-light growth conditions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6829-6836

  Neunuebel, M Ramona ^a   Golden, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ENZYME; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 53849116782     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00701-08     Document Type: Article

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