Molecular characterization of an adenylate cyclase gene of the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Yashiro, Kumiko ^a   Sakamoto, Toshio ^a   Ohmori, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

adenylate cyclase gene; cAMP; cyanobacterium; Spirulina platensis; VsrA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0030128740     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020618     Document Type: Article

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