Mechanism of low CO2-induced activation of the cmp bicarbonate transporter operon by a LysR family protein in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-109

  Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Yukari ^a   Yamaguchi, Osamu ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Maeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Omata, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PHOSPHOGLYCOLATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN LYSR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 PHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; 2-PHOSPHOGLYCERATE; CMPR PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCERIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BICARBONATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCERIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 40549142092     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06137.x     Document Type: Article

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