Transcriptional analysis of hydrogenase genes in the cyanobacteria Anacystis nidulans and Anabaena variabilis monitored by RT-PCR

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 315-321

  Boison, Gudrun ^a,b   Bothe, Hermann ^a   Schmitz, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CISTRON; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANACYSTIS; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034028570     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910063     Document Type: Article

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