Sigma factor SigC is required for heat acclimation of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 346-350

  Tuominen, Ilona ^a   Pollari, Maija ^a   von Wobeser, Eneas Aguirre ^b   Tyystjärvi, Esa ^a   Ibelings, Bas W ^c,d   Matthijs, Hans C P ^b   Tyystjärvi, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Heat; Regulation of transcription; RNA polymerase; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SURVIVAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 38049130184     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.12.030     Document Type: Article

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