Early candidacy for differentiation into heterocysts in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Toyoshima, Masakazu ^a   Sasaki, Naobumi V ^a   Fujiwara, Makoto ^a   Ehira, Shigeki ^b   Ohmori, Masayuki ^b   Sato, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; Cell division; Cell lineage; Differentiation; Filamentous cyanobacteria; Frequently iterated observation; Heterocyst candidacy; Pattern formation; Quartet; Spatial periodicity

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROCYST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 76749101050     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-009-0525-4     Document Type: Article

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