Glucose uptake and its effect on gene expression in Prochlorococcus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Gómez Baena, Guadalupe ^a   López Lozano, Antonio ^a   Gil Martínez, Jorge ^b   Lucena, José Manuel ^b   Diez, Jesús ^a   Candau, Pedro ^b   García Fernández, Jose Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN RNPB; RIBONUCLEASE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON CYCLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTYPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RADIOACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIGHT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 55349114753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003416     Document Type: Article

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