Diel variability in transcription of the structural gene for glutamine synthetase (glnA) in natural populations of the marine diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium thiebautii

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-196

  Kramer, Jonathan G ^a   Wyman, Michael ^b,e   Zehr, Jonathan P ^c   Capone, Douglas G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diel variability of natural populations; glnA gene expression; Trichodesmium glutamine synthetase

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

TRICHODESMIUM THIEBAUTII;

EID: 0030297926     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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