Characterization of cyanobacterial glnA gene diversity and gene expression in marine environments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-402

  Gibson, Angela H ^a   Jenkins, Bethany D ^a   Wilkerson, Frances P ^b   Short, Steven M ^a,c   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; glnA; Glutamine synthetase; Marine; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLNA GENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SAMPLING; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33644935820     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2005.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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