Growth-phase dependent differential gene expression in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 and regulation by a group 2 sigma factor

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-279

  Foster, Jamie S ^a,b,c   Singh, Abhay K ^c,d   Rothschild, Lynn J ^b   Sherman, Louis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Gene regulation; IsiA; Light limited growth; Microarrays; phrA; Sigma factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; DNA; PROTEIN CHL; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; ISIA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHRA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGH GENE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 33947429246     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0193-6     Document Type: Article

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