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Septum-localized protein required for filament integrity and diazotrophy in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2007
Flores Enrique, Pernil Rafael, Muro-Pastor Alicia M, Mariscal Vicente, Maldener Iris, Lechno-Yossef Sigal, Fan Qing, Wolk C Peter, Herrero Antonia
Abstract excerpt
Heterocysts, formed when filamentous cyanobacteria, such as Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, are grown in the absence of combined nitrogen, are cells that are specialized in fixing atmospheric nitrogen (N(2)) under oxic conditions and that transfer fixed nitrogen to the vegetative cells of the filament. Anabaena sp. mutants whose sepJ gene (open reading frame alr2338 of the Anabaena sp. genome) was affected showed...
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