Overexpression of pknE blocks heterocyst development in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2619-2629

  Saha, Sushanta K ^a,b   Golden, James W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 79956150486     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00120-11     Document Type: Article

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