Phylum-wide analysis of genes/proteins related to the last steps of assembly and export of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in cyanobacteria

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pereira, Sara B ^a,b   Mota, Rita ^a,b,c   Vieira, Cristina P ^a,b   Vieira, Jorge ^a,b   Tamagnini, Paula ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIGASE; MACROMOLECULE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84943302918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14835     Document Type: Article

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