Open AccessAnabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 responds to nitrogen deprivation with a cascade-like sequence of transcriptional activations
Author(s) -
Yuping Cai,
C. Peter Wölk
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.179.1.267-271.1997
Subject(s) - heterocyst , biology , anabaena , strain (injury) , cyanobacteria , gene , genetics , sequence (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , nitrogen fixation , biochemistry , bacteria , anatomy
Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 adapts to deprivation of fixed nitrogen by undergoing physiological and genetic changes that include formation of N2-fixing heterocysts. Whether or not certain of the genes involved are interdependently expressed has been studied.