RNA-binding proteins identified by R-DeeP/TripepSVM are involved in heterocyst differentiation

M Brenes-Álvarez, HR Ropp, D Papagiannidis, C Potel… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are central components of gene regulatory networks. The
differentiation of heterocysts in filamentous cyanobacteria is an example of cell …

Genome Analysis Coupled With Transcriptomics Reveals the Reduced Fitness of a Hot Spring Cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus UU774 Under Exogenous …

M Mukherjee, A Geeta, S Ghosh, A Prusty… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The present study focuses on the stress response of a filamentous, AT-rich, heterocystous
cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus UU774, isolated from a hot spring, Taptapani …

Genetically modified microbes as biofertilizers

R Ali, KD Zulaykha, N Sajjad - … and Biotechnology, Vol 4: Techniques for …, 2020 - Springer
Plant nutrients are important for efficient crop productivity and generation of healthy food. For
achieving such goals, maintenance of soil quality is one of the key factors. Maintenance of …

Multicellularity in a heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium: pathways for intercellular communication

V Mariscal, E Flores - Recent Advances in Phototrophic Prokaryotes, 2010 - Springer
The filamentous, heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria are among the simplest multicellular
prokaryotes, and Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 is being used as a model for studying …

Transcription activation by NtcA in the absence of consensus NtcA-binding sites in an anabaena heterocyst differentiation gene promoter

S Camargo, A Valladares, E Flores… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Heterocyst differentiation is orchestrated by the N control transcriptional regulator NtcA and
the differentiation-specific factor HetR. In Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, the devBCA …

ABC transporter required for intercellular transfer of developmental signals in a heterocystous cyanobacterium

P Videau, OS Rivers, KC Higa… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena, patS and hetN encode peptide-derived
signals with many of the properties of morphogens. These signals regulate the formation of a …

Cyanobacterial Cell Lineage Analysis of the Spatiotemporal hetR Expression Profile during Heterocyst Pattern Formation in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

H Asai, S Iwamori, K Kawai, S Ehira, J Ishihara… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Diazotrophic heterocyst formation in the filamentous cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. PCC
7120, is one of the simplest pattern formations known to occur in cell differentiation. Most …

Differential Binding between PatS C-Terminal Peptide Fragments and HetR from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

EA Feldmann, S Ni, ID Sahu, CH Mishler… - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Heterocyst differentiation in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120
occurs at regular intervals under nitrogen starvation and is regulated by a host of signaling …

Design and characterization of a synthetic minimal promoter for heterocyst-specific expression in filamentous cyanobacteria

A Wegelius, X Li, F Turco, K Stensjö - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Short and well defined promoters are essential for advancing cyanobacterial biotechnology.
The heterocyst of Nostoc sp. is suggested as a microbial cell factory for oxygen sensitive …

Characterization of a model system for the study of Nostoc punctiforme akinetes

C Argueta, ML Summers - Archives of microbiology, 2005 - Springer
Nostoc punctiforme is a filamentous cyanobacterium that is capable of dark heterotrophy
and cellular differentiation into nitrogen-fixing heterocysts, motile hormogonia, or spore-like …