Expression of genes involved in phycocyanin biosynthesis following recovery of Synechococcus PCC 6301 from nitrogen starvation, and the effect of gabaculine on cpcBa transcript levels

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-98

  Gilbert, Simon M ^a   Allison, Gordon G ^a   Rogers, Lyndon J ^a   Smith, Arnold J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gabaculine; Glutamate semialdehyde aminotransferase; Phycocyanin; Synechococcus PCC 6301; Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; GABACULINE; NITROGEN; PHYCOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0029998456     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00167-X     Document Type: Article

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