Characterization of HetN, a protein involved in heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Liu, Juan ^a   Chen, Wen Li ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ATP; Cyanobacteria; Heterocysts; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN HETN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 67650711687     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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