Control of light-dependent keto carotenoid biosynthesis in Nostoc 7120 by the transcription factor NtcA

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 303-311

  Sandmann, Gerhard ^a   Mautz, Jürgen ^a   Breitenbach, Jürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

canthaxanthin; high light treatment; NtcA binding; transcriptional up regulation; carotene ketolases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; DIURON; ECHINENONE; HERBICIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; DIURON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; HERBICIDES; LIGHT; NOSTOC; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84990937727     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2016-0117     Document Type: Article

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