The carbon metabolism-controlled Synechocystis gap2 gene harbours a conserved enhancer element and a Gram-positive-like -16 promoter box retained in some chloroplast genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-54

  Figge, R M ^a   Cassier Chauvat, C ^b,c   Chauvat, F ^c   Cerff, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Serv Biochim et de Genet Molec   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIURON; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0034128266     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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