Nitrogen status modulates the expression of RNA-binding proteins in cyanobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-210

  Mori, Shahram ^a   Castoreno, Adam ^b   Mulligan, Martin E ^c   Lammers, Peter J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabaena 7120; Cold stress; Cyanobacterium; Nitrogen fixation; Osmotic stress; Rbp; RNA binding protein; Salt stress; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 0142258021     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00682-7     Document Type: Article

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