The pathway for perception and transduction of low-temperature signals in Synechocystis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1327-1334

  Suzuki, Iwane ^a   Dmitry A, Los ^a,b   Kanesaki, Yu ^a   Mikami, Koji ^a   Murata, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Histidine kinase; Low temperature inducible gene; Response regulator; Signal perception and transduction; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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

EID: 0342546000     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.6.1327     Document Type: Article

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