Physiological characterization of RNA-binding protein-deficient cells from Synechococcus sp. strain PCC7942

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1203-1209

  Mutsuda, Michinori ^a   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a   Sugita, Mamoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Cold accumulation; Cyano bacterium; Pigment contents; RNA binding protein; Synechococcus sp. PCC7942

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MUTANT; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD RELATIVE;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033376874     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029508     Document Type: Article

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