RNA processing of nitrogenase transcripts in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3311-3320

  Ungerer, Justin L ^a   Pratte, Brenda S ^a   Thiel, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; GENE PRODUCT; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN NIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; AVA4055 GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACZ GENE; NIFH1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VNFH GENE;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; NITROGENASE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77954356618     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00278-10     Document Type: Article

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