No transcription-translation feedback in circadian rhythm of KaiC phosphorylation

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5707, 2005, Pages 251-254

  Tomita, Jun ^a   Nakajima, Masato ^a   Kondo, Takao ^a   Iwasaki, Hideo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; RNA;

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; MODEL ORGANISMS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KAIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME KINETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 12244296161     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1102540     Document Type: Article

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