HetF and PatA control levels of HetR in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7645-7654

  Risser, Douglas D ^a   Callahan, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN HETF; PROTEIN HETR; PROTEIN PATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 57349112363     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01110-08     Document Type: Article

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