Use of degradation tags to control protein levels in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2833-2835

  Landry, Brian P ^a,b   Stöckel, Jana ^a   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; ENHANCED YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LEVEL; STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP;

FLUORESCENCE;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL PROTEIN B; SSPB PROTEIN, E COLI;

DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEOLYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84876177525     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03741-12     Document Type: Article

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