A deletion mutation in the spacing within the psaA core promoter enhances transcription in a cyanobacterium synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Midorikawa, Takafumi ^a,c   Narikawa, Rei ^a,b   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Photosystems; Promoter; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 84855889904     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr159     Document Type: Article

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