Temperature-independent and -dependent expression of desaturase genes in filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis strain C1 (Arthrospira sp. PCC 9438)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-213

  Deshnium, Patcharaporn ^a   Paithoonrangsarid, Kalyanee ^a   Suphatrakul, Amporn ^b   Meesapyodsuk, Dauenpen ^b   Tanticharoen, Morakot ^a,b   Cheevadhanarak, Supapon ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fatty acid desaturation; Gene regulation; Temperature adaptation; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT STRESS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HALF-LIFE; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHROSPIRA SP.; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0034653761     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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