Requirement of the nitrogen starvation-induced protein s110783 for polyhydroxybutyrate accumulation in synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6101-6107

  Schlebusch, Maximilian ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON STORAGE; CONSERVED PROTEINS; ENCODING GENES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE KNOCKOUT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; INDUCED PROTEINS; MULTIPLE RESPONSE; NATURAL HABITAT; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NITROGEN STARVATION; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROCESS; SIGNALING PROTEINS; STORAGE COMPOUNDS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP; SYNTHASES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS; UPSTREAM REGION; WILD TYPES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ACETYL COENZYME A; GLYCOGEN; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NITROGEN; PRIMER DNA;

ADAPTATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROTROPHY; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PROTEIN; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLYCOGEN; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 77956863470     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00484-10     Document Type: Article

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