Compartmentalized cyanophycin metabolism in the diazotrophic filaments of a heterocystforming cyanobacterium

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3823-3828

  Burnat, Mireia ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intercellular communication; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA ASPARTYL ARGININE; CYANOPHYCIN; DIPEPTIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOASPARTYL DIPEPTIDASE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANABAENA; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIPEPTIDASES; DIPEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84896303842     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318564111     Document Type: Article

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