Up-regulated Gene Expression during Dehydration in a Terrestrial Cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. Strain HK-01

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-133

  Yoshimura, Hidehisa ^a   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^b   Ohmori, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; drought tolerance; gene expression; Nostoc

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349970938     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.129     Document Type: Article

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