Iron stress genes in marine Synechococcus and the development of a flow cytometric iron stress assay

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 382-396

  Rivers, Adam R ^a,b   Jakuba, Rachel Wisniewski ^a,c   Webb, Eric A ^a,d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; IDIA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COSTA RICA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

IDIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 58549091695     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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