Heterocyst-specific transcription of NsiR1, a non-coding RNA encoded in a tandem array of direct repeats in cyanobacteria

D Ionescu, B Voss, A Oren, WR Hess… - Journal of molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
In response to nitrogen deficiency, some cyanobacteria develop heterocysts, a terminally
differentiated cell type, specialized for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. In Nostocales …

Inactivation of patS and hetN causes lethal levels of heterocyst differentiation in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

PB Borthakur, CC Orozco… - Molecular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 patS and hetN suppress the
differentiation of vegetative cells into nitrogen‐fixing heterocysts to establish and maintain a …

CcbP, a calcium-binding protein from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, provides evidence that calcium ions regulate heterocyst differentiation

Y Zhao, Y Shi, W Zhao, X Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Although it is known that calcium is a very important messenger involved in many eukaryotic
cellular processes, much less is known about calcium's role in bacteria. CcbP, a Ca2+ …

FraG is necessary for filament integrity and heterocyst maturation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

AS Nayar, H Yamaura, R Rajagopalan… - …, 2007 - microbiologyresearch.org
Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 is a filamentous cyanobacterium that differentiates nitrogen-
fixing heterocysts when fixed nitrogen becomes growth limiting in the medium. The gene …

Global transcription profiles of the nitrogen stress response resulting in heterocyst or hormogonium development in Nostoc punctiforme

HD Christman, EL Campbell, JC Meeks - Journal of bacteriology, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme differentiates from vegetative cells into
three distinct cell types, heterocysts, hormogonia, and akinetes, in response to different …

Robust stochastic Turing patterns in the development of a one-dimensional cyanobacterial organism

F Di Patti, L Lavacchi, R Arbel-Goren… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Under nitrogen deprivation, the one-dimensional cyanobacterial organism Anabaena sp.
PCC 7120 develops patterns of single, nitrogen-fixing cells separated by nearly regular …

Gene expression during heterocyst differentiation

A Herrero, S Picossi, E Flores - Advances in botanical research, 2013 - Elsevier
Some cyanobacteria (oxygenic phototrophs) grow as chains of vegetative cells (filaments or
trichomes). When placed in media lacking combined nitrogen, some cells in the filaments …

HetF and PatA Control Levels of HetR in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

DD Risser, SM Callahan - Journal of bacteriology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 is a filamentous cyanobacterium that differentiates
heterocysts in response to deprivation of combined nitrogen. A hetF deletion strain lacked …

A gene cluster that regulates both heterocyst differentiation and pattern formation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

W Zhang, Y Du, I Khudyakov, Q Fan… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Wild‐type Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, a filamentous nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium,
produces single heterocysts at semi‐regular intervals. asr0100 (patU5) and alr0101 (patU3) …

c-di-GMP Homeostasis Is Critical for Heterocyst Development in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

M Huang, JY Zhang, X Zeng, CC Zhang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
c-di-GMP is a ubiquitous bacterial signal regulating various physiological process.
Anabaena PCC 7120 (Anabaena) is a filamentous cyanobacterium able to form regularly …