Improvement of the bioluminescence reporter system for real-time monitoring of circadian rhythms in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Kucho, Ken Ichi ^a   Aoki, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Itoh, Shigeru ^a   Ishiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Circadian rhythm; dnaK; luxAB; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNAK GENE; LUXAB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 17644386876     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.80.19     Document Type: Article

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