Group 3 sigma factor gene, sigJ, a key regulator of desiccation tolerance, regulates the synthesis of extracellular polysaccharide in cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

DNA Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-24

  Yoshimura, Hidehisa ^a   Okamoto, Shinobu ^b   Tsumuraya, Yoichi ^c   Ohmori, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Desiccation tolerance; Exopolysaccharide; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; WATER;

EID: 34548437695     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsm003     Document Type: Article

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