NtcA from microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 is autoregulatory and binds to the microcystin promoter

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4362-4368

  Ginn, H P ^a   Pearson, L A ^a   Neilan, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERUGINOSA; AUTOREGULATIONS; DIRECT CONTROL; DIVERSE RANGE; GENE CLUSTERS; KEY COMPONENT; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAYS; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY NETWORK;

BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MICROCYSTIN; NITROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA PCC 7806;

EID: 77954303371     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01862-09     Document Type: Article

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