A novel light- and heat-responsive regulation of the groE transcription in the absence of HrcA or CIRCE in cyanobacteria

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1871-1880

  Kojima, Kouji ^a   Nakamoto, Hitoshi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CIRCE; Cyanobacterium; groEL; Heat shock protein; HrcA; Photosystem

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; CIRCE PROTEIN; DNAK2 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GROE PROTEIN; GROESL1 PROTEIN; HRCA PROTEIN; LUXAB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMOREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHAPERONINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GROEL PROTEIN; HEAT; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 34247159096     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.084     Document Type: Article

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