Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 responds to nitrogen deprivation with a cascade-like sequence of transcriptional activations.

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Published in J Bacteriol on January 01, 1997

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Y Cai1, C P Wolk

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1: MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1312, USA.

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