Increased bioplastic production with an RNA polymerase sigma factor SigE during nitrogen starvation in synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

DNA Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 525-535

  Osanai, Takashi ^a,b   Numata, Keiji ^a,c   Oikawa, Akira ^a   Kuwahara, Ayuko ^a   Iijima, Hiroko ^a   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a,c   Tanaka, Kan ^d   Saito, Kazuki ^a,e   Hirai, Masami Yokota ^a  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; gene expression; metabolomics; nitrogen starvation; sugar metabolism

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOGEN; MANNOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; STARVATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLOMICS; NITROGEN STARVATION; SUGAR METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SIGMA FACTOR; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84885580406     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dst028     Document Type: Article

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