Genomics, DNA transfer, and Miscellaneous
Protein metabolism, folding, and transport
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Gruber TM, Bryant DA (1998). Characterization of the alternative sigma-factors SigD and SigE in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. SigE is implicated in transcription of post-exponential-phase-specific genes. Arch Microbiol 169:211-219
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Glatz A, Horvath I, Varvasovszki V, Kovacs E, Torok Z, Vigh L (1997). Chaperonin genes of the Synechocystis PCC 6803 are differentially regulated under light-dark transition during heat stress. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 239:291-297
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Nimura K, Yoshikawa H, Takahashi H (1996). DnaK3, one of the three DnaK proteins of cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7942, is quantitatively detected in the thylakoid membrane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 229:334-340
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