Functional dissection and evidence for intercellular transfer of the heterocyst-differentiation PatS morphogen

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1093-1105

  Corrales Guerrero, Laura ^a   Mariscal, Vicente ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLSERYLGLYCYLARGININE; METHIONINE; METHIONYLLYSYLALANYLISOLEUCYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYLPHENYLALANYLCYSTYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLARGINYLGLYCYLSERYLGLYCYLARGININE; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PATS GENE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANABAENA; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84879023943     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12244     Document Type: Article

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