Flavonoid-induced expression of a symbiosis-related gene in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4644-4646

  Cohen, Michael F ^a   Yamasaki, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVANOID; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUCIFERASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP.; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033886526     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4644-4646.2000     Document Type: Article

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