MicrobiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Emergence and evolution of heterocyte glycolipid biosynthesis enabled specialized nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria
Ruth Pérez Gallego, F. A. Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt, Nicole J. Bale…·Laura Villanueva
The paper identifies heterocyte glycolipid analogs in non-heterocytous cyanobacteria, suggesting their evolutionary role in enabling nitrogen fixation in heterocytes.
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