Effects of overexpression of Escherichia coli katE and bet genes on the tolerance for salt stress in a freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942

Plant Science

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-288

  Kaku, Nobuo ^a   Hibino, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshito ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Araki, Etsuko ^a   Takabe, Tetsuko ^b   Takabe, Teruhiro ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betaine; Catalase; Cyanobacterium; Oxidative stress; Salt stress; Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SALINITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0034613631     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(00)00353-8     Document Type: Article

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