The sigE gene is required for normal expression of heterocyst-specific genes in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1823-1832

  Mella Herrera, Rodrigo A ^a,b   Neunuebel, M Ramona ^a,c   Kumar, Krithika ^a   Saha, Sushanta K ^b   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

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NTCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HETEROCYST; MUTANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANABAENA; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANABAENA SP.; SIGE;

EID: 79955430978     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01472-10     Document Type: Article

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