Abstract
We report a distinct diel periodicity in the abundance of nifH (dinitrogenase reductase) mRNA in natural populations of the nonheterocystous marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium thiebautii. Our observations show that in addition to translational and posttranslational controls, Trichodesmium nitrogenase expression is also regulated at the transcriptional and/or posttranscriptional level.
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