Role of Two Cell Wall Amidases in Septal Junction and Nanopore Formation in the Multicellular Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Role of Two Cell Wall Amidases in Septal Junction and Nanopore Formation in the Multicellular Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Filamentous cyanobacteria have developed a strategy to perform incompatible processes in one filament by differentiating specialized cell types, N2-fixing heterocysts and CO2-fixing, photosynthetic, vegetative cells. These bacteria can be considered true multicellular organisms with cells exchanging...

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Main Authors: Jan Bornikoel, Alejandro Carrión, Qing Fan, Enrique Flores, Karl Forchhammer, Vicente Mariscal, Conrad W. Mullineaux, Rebeca Perez, Nadine Silber, C. Peter Wolk, Iris Maldener
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
cyanobacteria
heterocysts
peptidoglycan
amidase
AmiC
septal junctions
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00386/full

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