Heterocyst-Specific Transcription of NsiR1, a Non-Coding RNA Encoded in a Tandem Array of Direct Repeats in Cyanobacteria

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 398, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Ionescu, Danny ^a,b   Voss, Björn ^c   Oren, Aharon ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^c   Muro Pastor, Alicia M ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cyanobacteria; Heterocysts; Nitrogen fixation; Non coding RNAs

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN STRESS INDUCED RNA 1; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TANDEM REPEAT; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; NOSTOCALES;

EID: 77951765424     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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