Regulation by cyanate of the genes involved in carbon and nitrogen assimilation in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2688-2694

  Suzuki, Iwane ^a,b   Sugiyama, Tatsuo ^a   Omata, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYANIC ACID; NITROGEN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0029994990     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2688-2694.1996     Document Type: Article

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