Theophylline-dependent riboswitch as a novel genetic tool for strict regulation of protein expression in cyanobacterium synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1724-1735

  Nakahira, Yoichi ^a   Ogawa, Atsushi ^a   Asano, Hiroyuki ^b   Oyama, Tokitaka ^b   Tozawa, Yuzuru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Cyanobacteria; Regulation of gene expression; Riboswitch; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; KAIC PROTEIN, CYANOBACTERIA; LUCIFERASE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION; RIBOSWITCH; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; TIME;

CIRCADIAN CLOCK; CYANOBACTERIA; REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION; RIBOSWITCH; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; THEOPHYLLINE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSWITCH; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THEOPHYLLINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885929738     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct115     Document Type: Article

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