Transcriptional autoregulation by phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated KaiC in cyanobacterial circadian rhythms

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-192

  Takigawa Imamura, Hisako ^a,b   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian; Cyanobacteria; Feedback; KaiC; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ELONGATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; KAIA;

EID: 33745608713     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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