Involvement of the cynABDS operon and the CO2-concentrating mechanism in the light-dependent transport and metabolism of cyanate by cyanobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1013-1024

  Espie, George S ^a   Jalali, Farid ^a   Tong, Tommy ^a   Zacal, Natalie J ^a   So, Anthony K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORIDE ION; CYANATE HYDROLASE; CYANIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; NITRATE; NITRITE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CYNA; PROTEIN CYNABD; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; CHPX GENE; CHPY GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYNA GENE; CYNABDS GENE; CYNB GENE; CYND GENE; CYNS GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ION TRANSPORT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOBACTERIA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BICARBONATES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON-NITROGEN LYASES; CYANATES; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33846606811     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01328-06     Document Type: Article

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