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Akinete Formation

Akinete Formation is a specialized form of asexual reproduction in certain filamentous cyanobacteria characterized by the differentiation of vegetative cells into thick-walled, dormant spore-like structures adapted for survival under adverse environmental conditions.

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The evolutionary diversification of cyanobacteria: Molecular–phylogenetic and paleontological perspectives

Akiko Tomitani, Andrew H. Knoll, Colleen M. Cavanaugh et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 474 citations · Full text

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Akinetes of the Cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC 7524: Macromolecular Composition, Structure and Control of Differentiation

J. M. Sutherland, Michael Herdman, W. D. P. Stewart · Journal of General Microbiology · 1979 · 143 citations

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Global Gene Expression Patterns of<i>Nostoc punctiforme</i>in Steady-State Dinitrogen-Grown Heterocyst-Containing Cultures and at Single Time Points during the Differentiation of Akinetes and Hormogonia

Elsie L. Campbell, Michael L. Summers, Harry D. Christman et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2007 · 124 citations

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Massive multiplication of genome and ribosomes in dormant cells (akinetes) of <i>Aphanizomenon ovalisporum</i> (Cyanobacteria)

Assaf Sukenik, Ruth N. Kaplan‐Levy, Jessica L. Mark Welch et al. · The ISME Journal · 2011 · 121 citations · Full text

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Mesoproterozoic <i>Archaeoellipsoidès</i> : akinetes of heterocystous cyanobacteria

Stjepko Golubić, Vladimir N. Sergeev, Andrew H. Knoll · Lethaia · 1995 · 103 citations

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Authors

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  1. AS
    Assaf Sukenik

    Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

    7 publications · 268 citations

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  2. OH
    Ora Hadas

    Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

    5 publications · 114 citations

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  3. IM
    Iris Maldener

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    5 publications · 167 citations

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  4. ML
    Michael L. Summers

    California State University, Northridge, United States

    4 publications · 224 citations

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  5. HA
    Helena A. Cmiech

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 66 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

    Haifa, Israel

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    687 citations

  2. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    266 citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    126 citations

  4. California State University, Northridge

    Northridge, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    376 citations

  5. Freshwater Biological Association

    Ambleside, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    92 citations

  6. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    132 citations

  7. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    321 citations

  8. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    262 citations

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  1. Journal of Phycology

    8 publications · 281 citations

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  2. Archives of Microbiology

    8 publications · 315 citations

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  3. Microbiology

    5 publications · 123 citations

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  4. British Phycological Journal

    6 publications · 127 citations

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  5. Hydrobiologia

    4 publications · 74 citations

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