Fra proteins influencing filament integrity, diazotrophy and localization of septal protein SepJ in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp.

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1159-1170

  Merino Puerto, Victoria ^a   Mariscal, Vicente ^a   Mullineaux, Conrad W ^b   Herrero, Antonia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a  

^a Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRACC PROTEIN; FRAD PROTEIN; FRAH PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; SEPJ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 77349115217     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07031.x     Document Type: Article

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