Molecular Diffusion through Cyanobacterial Septal Junctions

Heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria grow as filaments in which intercellular molecular exchange takes place. During the differentiation of N2-fixing heterocysts, regulators are transferred between cells. In the diazotrophic filament, vegetative cells that fix CO2 through oxygenic photosynthesis provide...

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Main Authors: Mercedes Nieves-Morión, Conrad W. Mullineaux, Enrique Flores, Stephen J. Giovannoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-01-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/1/e01756-16