LexA regulates the bidirectional hydrogenase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a transcription activator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 810-823

  Gutekunst, Kirstin ^a   Phunpruch, Saranya ^a,c   Schwarz, Christoph ^a,d   Schuchardt, Sven ^b   Schulz Friedrich, Rüdiger ^a   Appel, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROGENASE; LEXA PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR PCC 6803; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOX GENE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 27444438105     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04867.x     Document Type: Article

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