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[A feedback between membrane fluidity and transcription of the desB gene for the omega3 fatty acid desaturase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Mironov K S, Maksimov E G, Maksimov G V, Los' D A
Abstract excerpt
Prokaryotic cells, including cyanobacteria, respond to a decrease in ambient temperature by activation of numerous cold shock genes. Low temperatures cause a decrease in membrane fluidity, which is maintained at some optimal level mainly by fatty acid (FA) desaturases. Here, temperature-dependent expression of the desB gene for the omega3-desaturase in Synechocystis, which synthesized polyunsaturated FAs, and in...
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