Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 conR contains a LytR-CpsA-Psr domain, is developmentally regulated, and is essential for diazotrophic growth and heterocyst morphogenesis

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-626

  Mella Herrera, Rodrigo A ^a,b   Neunuebel, M Ramona ^a,c   Golden, James W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN NIFH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROCYST MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 79952261869     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046128-0     Document Type: Article

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