A period-extender gene, pex, that extends the period of the circadian clock in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2167-2174

  Kutsuna, Shinsuke ^b   Kondo, Takao ^b   Aoki, Setsuyuki ^a   Ishiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; SYNECHOCYSTIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031900732     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2167-2174.1998     Document Type: Article

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