Characterization of stress responses of heavy metal and metalloid inducible promoters in synechocystis PCC6803

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-169

  Blasi, Barbara ^a,b   Peca, Loredana ^a,c   Vass, Imre ^a   Kós, Peter B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial gene expression; Heavy metal toxicity; Inducible promoters; Specificity of promoters; Synechocystis PCC6803

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CADMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; METALLOID; NICKEL; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOIDS; METALS, HEAVY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

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

EID: 84857692834     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1106.06050     Document Type: Article

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