title: Identification of an akinete marker gene in Anabaena variabilis.
abstract: Cyanobacteria that form akinetes as well as heterocysts present a rare opportunity to investigate the relationships between alternative differentiation processes and pattern formation processes in a single bacterium. Because no akinete marker gene has been identified, akinete formation has been little studied genetically. We report the first identification of an akinete marker gene.
authors.affiliation: MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Ruanbao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: C Peter
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Wolk
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017033:Anabaena / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers