A response regulator Rre37 and an RNA polymerase sigma factor SigE represent two parallel pathways to activate sugar catabolism in a cyanobacterium synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-412

  Azuma, Miyuki ^a   Osanai, Takashi ^b   Hirai, Masami Yokota ^b,c   Tanaka, Kan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen starvation; NtcA; Response regulator; Sigma factor; Sugar catabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NTCA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; SIGE PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SIGE; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 79951569000     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq204     Document Type: Article

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