The action in vivo of glycine betaine in enhancement of tolerance of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 to low temperature

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 339-344

  Deshnium, Patcharaporn ^a,b   Gombos, Zoltán ^a,c   Nishiyama, Yoshitaka ^a   Murata, Norio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0031031457     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.2.339-344.1997     Document Type: Article

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