Modification of topA in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 resulted in mutants capable of growing under low but not high concentration of CO2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-347

  Gabay, Chana ^a   Lieman Hurwitz, Judy ^a   Hassidim, Miriam ^a   Ronen Tarazi, Michal ^a   Kaplan, Aaron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Co2 concentration; Cyanobacterium; Synechococcus; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0032519902     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00584-3     Document Type: Article

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