Regulated expression of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase is directed by a mobile genetic element in the cyanobacterium Tolypothrix sp. PCC 7601

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1276-1288

  Luque, Ignacio ^a,b,c   Andújar, Alfonso ^a   Jia, Lin ^c   Zabulon, Gérald ^b   De Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^c   Flores, Enrique ^d   Houmard, Jean ^b,c  

^a Campus de San Vicente   (Spain)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS 32; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLTX GENE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TNPA GENE; TOLYPOTHRIX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NOSTOC SP.; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; TOLYPOTHRIX SP. PCC 7601;

EID: 33745271325     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05170.x     Document Type: Article

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