Molecular characterization of idiA and adjacent genes in the cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. strains PCC 6301 and PCC 7942

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1473-1484

  Michel, Klaus Peter ^a   Krüger, Frauke ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Pistorius, Elfriede K ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; idiA; Synechococcus sp.; Transcript analysis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; IDIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0042917597     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1473     Document Type: Article

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