The heat shock gene, htpG, and thermotolerance in the cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-346

  Fang, Feng ^a   Barnum, Susan R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT SHOCK GENE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HTPG GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0041360448     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-4015-z     Document Type: Article

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