Cyanobacterial circadian clockwork: Roles of KaiA, KaiB and the KaiBC promoter in regulating KaiC

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2117-2126

  Xu, Yao ^a   Mori, Tetsuya ^a   Johnson, Carl Hirschie ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock; Cyanobacteria; Degradation; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KAIA; PROTEIN KAIB; PROTEIN KAIBC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; KAIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038219594     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg168     Document Type: Article

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