Toward an understanding of cell growth and the cell division cycle of unicellular photoautotrophic cyanobacteria

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 663-687

  Asato, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division cycle; Cyanobacterium; Macromolecular synthesis; Obligate photoautotroph; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

AUTOTROPHY; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0038026101     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-2079-y     Document Type: Review

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