Developmental regulation of the cell division protein FtsZ in Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, a cyanobacterium capable of terminal differentiation

Authors
Kuhn, I Peng, L Bedu, S Zhang, CC
Citation
I. Kuhn et al., Developmental regulation of the cell division protein FtsZ in Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, a cyanobacterium capable of terminal differentiation, J BACT, 182(16), 2000, pp. 4640-4643
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219193 → ACNP
Volume
182
Issue
16
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4640 - 4643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(200008)182:16<4640:DROTCD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Heterocysts are terminally differentiated cells devoted to nitrogen fixatio n in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, We show h ere that the cell division protein FtsZ is present in vegetative cells but undetectable in heterocysts. These results provide a first rational explana tion for the inability of mature heterocysts to undergo cell division.