Heat-shock response and its contribution to thermotolerance of the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain L-31

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 423-429

  Rajaram, Hema ^a   Kumar Apte, Shree ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Escherichia coli; GroEL; Heat shock response; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NITROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TOLERANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038199657     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0549-0     Document Type: Article

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