Role of NtcA, a cyanobacterial global nitrogen regulator, in the regulation of sucrose metabolism gene expression in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-263

  Marcozzi, Clarisa ^a   Cumino, Andrea C ^a   Salerno, Graciela L ^a  

^a Fundacion para Investigaciones Biologicas Aplicadas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; NtcA; Sucrose metabolism; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN NTCA; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPSB GENE; SUCROSE METABOLISM; SUSA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 61549121696     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0450-y     Document Type: Article

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