Regulation of an osmoticum-responsive gene in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6332-6337

  Schwartz, Steven H ^a,b   Black, Todd A ^a,c   Jäger, Karin ^a   Panoff, Jean Michel ^a,d   Wolk, C Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031784451     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6332-6337.1998     Document Type: Article

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