FraH is required for reorganization of intracellular membranes during heterocyst differentiation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6815-6823

  Merino Puerto, Victoria ^a   Mariscal, Vicente ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Maldener, Iris ^c   Mullineaux, Conrad W ^d   Herrero, Antonia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CALCEIN; CARBOXYL GROUP; CYANOPHYCIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FIXATION DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRAH GENE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84855839421     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05995-11     Document Type: Article

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