Transcription and regulation of the hydrogenase(s) accessory genes, hypFCDEAB, in the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula CCAP 1446/4

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 609-617

  Ferreira, Daniela ^a,b   Leitão, Elsa ^a   Sjöholm, Johannes ^c   Oliveira, Paulo ^c   Lindblad, Peter ^c   Moradas Ferreira, Pedro ^a,b   Tamagnini, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrogenase accessory genes; hyp; LexA; Lyngbya majuscula; NtcA; Transcriptional regulator factors

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE; LEXA PROTEIN; PROTEIN HUP; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYP GENE; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA CCAP 1446/4;

EID: 35448994367     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0281-2     Document Type: Article

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