Table 3.
Summary of the gene expression studies Note that Synechocystis PCC 6803 does not survive under nitrogen deprivation, i.e. nitrogen-fixing conditions.
Cyanobacterium | Gene | nitrogen-fixinga | non-nitrogen-fixinga |
Synechocystis PCC 6803 | hoxH | lethal | + |
hoxW | lethal | + | |
Nostoc punctiforme | hupL | + | - |
ATCC 29133/PCC 7120 | hupW | + | + |
Anabaena PCC 7120 | hupL | + | - |
hupW | + | + | |
hoxH | + | + | |
hoxW | + | + |
a +: expressed, -: not expressed