The sigA gene encoding the major σ factor of RNA polymerase from the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: Cloning and characterization

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-357

  Caslake, Laurie F ^a,b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; RNA polymerase; Sigma factors; Synechococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0030025410     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-2-347     Document Type: Article

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