Interference Expression at Levels of the Transcript and Protein among Group 1, 2, and 3 Sigma Factor Genes in a Cyanobacterium

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-43

  Matsui, Masae ^a   Yoshimura, Tsutomu ^a   Wakabayashi, Yuko ^a   Imamura, Sousuke ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^b   Takahashi, Hideo ^b,c   Asayama, Munehiko ^a   Shirai, Makoto ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; QRT PCR; RNA polymerase; sigma factor; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015611525     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.32     Document Type: Article

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