Temporal and spatial regulation of the four transcription start sites of hetR from Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1088-1096

  Rajagopalan, Ramya ^a   Callahan, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; RNA;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETN GENE; HETR GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PATA GENE; PATS GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANABAENA; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 75749124641     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01297-09     Document Type: Article

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