Electron transport controls transcription of the thioredoxin gene (trxA) in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-32

  Navarro, Francisco ^b   Martín Figueroa, Eugenio ^a   Florencio, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Electron transport; Light regulation; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STRAIN; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; STEADY STATE; TATA BOX; THIOREDOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THIOREDOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 17144472877     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006472018601     Document Type: Article

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