Expression of photosynthesis genes in relation to nitrogen fixation in the diazotrophic filamentous nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-104

  Chen, Yi Bu ^a,b   Dominic, Benny ^a   Zani, Sabino ^a   Mellon, Mark T ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a,c  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cyanobacteria; PsaA; PsbA; Trichodesmium sp.

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; RNA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM SP.; TRICHODESMIUM SP. IMS101;

EID: 0033197784     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006231805030     Document Type: Article

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