Light and the transcriptional response of the microcystin biosynthesis gene cluster

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3387-3392

  Kaebernick, M ^a   Neilan, B A ^a   Borner, T ^a   Dittmann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MICROCYSTINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033856746     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.8.3387-3392.2000     Document Type: Article

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