Alkane biosynthesis genes in cyanobacteria and their transcriptional organization

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Klähn, Stephan ^a   Baumgartner, Desirée ^a   Pfreundt, Ulrike ^a   Voigt, Karsten ^a   Schön, Verena ^a   Steglich, Claudia ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkane biosynthesis; Cyanobacteria; Operon; Promoter; SRNA; Start sites of transcription

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEHYDROGENATION; FATTY ACIDS; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; METABOLISM; PARAFFINS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSIONS; CYANOBACTERIA; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; PROMOTER; SRNA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 84906677138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00024     Document Type: Article

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