Bioinformatic and expression analyses of genes mediating zinc homeostasis in Nostoc punctiforme

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 784-791

  Hudek, Lee ^a   Rai, L C ^b   Freestone, David ^a   Michalczyk, Agnes ^a   Gibson, Maria ^a   Song, Y F ^c   Leigh Ackland, M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL LEVELS; CELL VIABILITIES; DIFFERENTIAL REGULATIONS; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; HEAVY-METAL CATIONS; INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PUTATIVE GENES; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; TIME PERIODS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ZINC TRANSPORTERS;

BODY FLUIDS; GENES; POSITIVE IONS;

ZINC;

BIOINFORMATICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZINC;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NOSTOC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZINC;

NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

EID: 59649086678     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02481-08     Document Type: Article

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