Computational inference and experimental validation of the nitrogen assimilation regulatory network in cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH 8102

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1050-1065

  Su, Zhengchang ^a,b   Mao, Fenglou ^a   Dam, Phuongan ^a,b   Wu, Hongwei ^a,b   Olman, Victor ^a   Paulsen, Ian T ^c   Palenik, Brian ^d   Xu, Ying ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Institute for Genome Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NTCA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VALIDATION STUDY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. WH 8102;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33644870184     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj496     Document Type: Article

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