Inactivation of an ABC transporter gene, mcyH, results in loss of microcystin production in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6370-6378

  Pearson, Leanne A ^a   Hisbergues, Michael ^b,c   Börner, Thomas ^b   Dittmann, Elke ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; HYDROPHOBICITY;

BIOINFORMATICS; GENE TRANSCRIPTION; HOMODIMERS; MICROCYSTIN;

GENES;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CYANOGINOSIN; DIMER; MICROCYSTIN SYNTHETASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYANOBACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDUCED MUTATION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE DELETION; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA PCC 7806; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 8744220572     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6370-6378.2004     Document Type: Article

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