Expression of the ggpS gene, involved in osmolyte synthesis in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002, revealed regulatory differences between this strain and the freshwater strain Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4822-4829

  Engelbrecht, Friederike ^a   Marin, Kay ^a   Hagemann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FRESH WATER; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOLARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SALINITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032731211     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4822-4829.1999     Document Type: Article

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