Cloning and characterisation of the pknD gene encoding an eukaryotic-type protein kinase in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC7120

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 26-33

  Zhang, C C ^a   Libs, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Nitrogen metabolism; Proline rich protein; Protein kinase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN KINASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031944431     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050703     Document Type: Article

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