Cloning and analysis of the ggpS gene from cyanobacteria Arthrospira spp. involved in the synthesis of an osmolyte glucosylglycerol

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 55-61

  Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Yuichi ^b   Sakata, Taizo ^a   Maeda, Hiroto ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aquas Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; ggpS; Glucosylglycerol; Osmolyte; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSPIRA; GGPS; GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL; OSMOLYTES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BIOLOGY; GENES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLONING;

FRESH WATER; GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; LAKE WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTHROSPIRA; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SALT STRESS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTHROSPIRA; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 79959797760     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.16.55     Document Type: Article

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