Characterization of the genes encoding a phosphate-regulated two component sensory system in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH7803

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-109

  Watson, Gregory M F ^a,b   Scanlan, David J ^a   Mann, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine cyanobacterium; Phosphate regulation; Synechococcus; Two component sensory system

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

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

EID: 0030586752     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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