Ecological Aspects of ntcA Gene Expression and Its Use as an Indicator of the Nitrogen Status of Marine Synechococcus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3340-3349

  Lindell, Debbie ^b   Post, Anton F ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NTCA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035433101     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3340-3349.2001     Document Type: Article

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