Molecular genetics and genomic analysis of scytonemin biosynthesis in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4465-4472

  Soule, Tanya ^a   Stout, V ^a   Swingley, W D ^a,c   Meeks, J C ^b   Garcia Pichel, F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECHINENONE; INDOLE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PIGMENT; SHIKIMIC ACID; SUNSCREEN; SYCTONEMIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NOSTOC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOLS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SHIKIMIC ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME PCC 73102; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 34250356025     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01816-06     Document Type: Article

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