The making of a heterocyst in cyanobacteria

X Zeng, CC Zhang - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Heterocyst differentiation that occurs in some filamentous cyanobacteria, such as Anabaena
sp. PCC 7120, provides a unique model for prokaryotic developmental biology. Heterocyst …

Cyanobacterial heterocysts

K Kumar, RA Mella-Herrera… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Many multicellular cyanobacteria produce specialized nitrogen-fixing heterocysts. During
diazotrophic growth of the model organism Anabaena (Nostoc) sp. strain PCC 7120, a …

Heterocyst differentiation and pattern formation in cyanobacteria: a chorus of signals

CC Zhang, S Laurent, S Sakr, L Peng… - Molecular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Heterocyst differentiation in filamentous cyanobacteria provides an excellent prokaryotic
model for studying multicellular behaviour and pattern formation. In Anabaena sp. strain …

Heterocyst formation in Anabaena

JW Golden, HS Yoon - Current opinion in microbiology, 1998 - Elsevier
Heterocystous cyanobacteria grow as multicellular organisms with a distinct one-
dimensional developmental pattern of single nitrogen-fixing heterocysts separated by …

The multicellular nature of filamentous heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria

A Herrero, J Stavans, E Flores - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacteria carry out oxygenic photosynthesis, play a key role in the cycling of carbon
and nitrogen in the biosphere, and have had a large impact on the evolution of life and the …

Formation and maintenance of nitrogen-fixing cell patterns in filamentous cyanobacteria

J Muñoz-García, S Ares - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Cyanobacteria forming one-dimensional filaments are paradigmatic model organisms of the
transition between unicellular and multicellular living forms. Under nitrogen-limiting …

hetR and patS, two genes necessary for heterocyst pattern formation, are widespread in filamentous nonheterocyst-forming cyanobacteria

JY Zhang, WL Chen, CC Zhang - Microbiology, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
Heterocysts, cells specialized in N2 fixation in cyanobacteria, appeared at near to 2.1 Ga.
They constitute one of the oldest forms of differentiated cells in evolution, and are thus an …

Inactivation of patS and hetN causes lethal levels of heterocyst differentiation in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

PB Borthakur, CC Orozco… - Molecular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 patS and hetN suppress the
differentiation of vegetative cells into nitrogen‐fixing heterocysts to establish and maintain a …

Epistasis Analysis of Four Genes from Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Suggests a Connection between PatA and PatS in Heterocyst Pattern Formation

CC Orozco, DD Risser, SM Callahan - Journal of bacteriology, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The hetR, patA, hetN, and patS genes are part of a regulatory network that regulates the
differentiation and patterning of heterocysts in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena …

Heterocyst formation in cyanobacteria

DG Adams - Current opinion in microbiology, 2000 - Elsevier
When deprived of combined nitrogen, many filamentous cyanobacteria develop a one-
dimensional pattern of specialised nitrogen-fixing cells, known as heterocysts. Recent years …