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Composition and occurrence of lipid droplets in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme by Peramuna, Anantha, Summers, Michael L.

“…Inclusions of neutral lipids termed lipid droplets (LDs) located throughout the cell were identified in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme by staining with…”
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Global Gene Expression Patterns of Nostoc punctiforme in Steady-State Dinitrogen-Grown Heterocyst-Containing Cultures and at Single Time Points during the Differentiation of Akinetes and Hormogonia by CAMPBELL, Elsie L, SUMMERS, Michael L, CHRISTMAN, Harry, MARTIN, Miriam E, MEEKS, John C

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Cyanobacterial sigma factors: Current and future applications for biotechnological advances by Srivastava, Amit, Summers, Michael L., Sobotka, Roman

“…A sigma (σ) factor is a constituent of bacterial RNA polymerase that guides the holoenzyme to promoter sequences and initiates transcription. In addition to a…”
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Enhancing alkane production in cyanobacterial lipid droplets: a model platform for industrially relevant compound production by Peramuna, Anantha, Morton, Ray, Summers, Michael L

“…Cyanobacterial lipid droplets (LDs) are packed with hydrophobic energy-dense compounds and have great potential for biotechnological expression and the…”
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Engineering an Isoprenoid Pathway in Escherichia coli for Production of 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol: A Potential Biofuel by Gupta, Dinesh, Summers, Michael L, Basu, Chhandak

“…2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO) is a natural volatile 5-carbon alcohol produced by several pine species that have the potential to be used as biofuel. MBO has a…”
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Characterization and in vivo regulon determination of an ECF sigma factor and its cognate anti‐sigma factor in Nostoc punctiforme by Bell, Nicole, Lee, Jamie J., Summers, Michael L.

“…Summary Based on primary sequence comparisons and genomic context, Npun_F4153 (SigG)/Npun_F4154 (SapG) of the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme were…”
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Characterization of trophic changes and a functional oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by Jansén, Tove, Kurian, Dominic, Raksajit, Wuttinun, York, Steve, Summers, Michael L, Mäenpää, Pirkko

“…Cyanobacteria have a tremendous activity to adapt to environmental changes of their growth conditions. In this study, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was used as a…”
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Desiccated Cyanobacteria Serve As Efficient Plasmid DNA Carriers in Space Flight by Kakouridis, Anne, Diamond, Spencer, Eng, Thomas, Mills, Heath J., Gámez Holzhaus, Olivia, Summers, Michael L., Garcia-Pichel, Ferran, Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila

“…Effective transport of biological systems as cargo during space travel is a critical requirement to use synthetic biology and biomanufacturing in outer space…”
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Transcriptomic analysis of cyanobacterial alkane overproduction reveals stress-related genes and inhibitors of lipid droplet formation by Arias, Daisy B, Gomez Pinto, Kevin A, Cooper, Kerry K, Summers, Michael L

“…The cyanobacterium can form lipid droplets (LDs), internal inclusions containing triacylglycerols, carotenoids and alkanes. LDs are enriched for a 17…”
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Genes Coding for Phosphotransacetylase and Acetate Kinase in Sinorhizobium meliloti Are in an Operon That Is Inducible by Phosphate Stress and Controlled by PhoB by Summers, M L, Denton, M C, McDermott, T R

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Comparing binding site information to binding affinity reveals that Crp/DNA complexes have several distinct binding conformers by Holmquist, Peter C, Holmquist, Gerald P, Summers, Michael L

“…We show that the cAMP receptor protein (Crp) binds to DNA as several different conformers. This situation has precluded discovering a high correlation between…”
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2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO) synthase expression in Nostoc punctiforme leads to over production of phytols by Gupta, Dinesh, Ip, Tina, Summers, Michael L, Basu, Chhandak

“…Phytol is a diterpene alcohol of medicinal importance and it also has potential to be used as biofuel. We found over production of phytol in Nostoc punctiforme…”
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Identification of Nostoc punctiforme akinete‐expressed genes using differential display by Argueta, Claudia, Yuksek, Kamile, Patel, Ronak, Summers, Michael L.

“…Summary Akinetes are spore‐like resting cells formed by certain filamentous cyanobacteria that have increased resistance to environmental stress. They can be…”
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Analysis of unconventional approaches for the rapid detection of surface lectin binding ligands on human cell lines by Welty, Lily Anne Y., Heinrich, Eileen L., Garcia, Karina, Banner, Lisa R., Summers, Michael L., Baresi, Larry, Metzenberg, Stan, Coyle-Thompson, Cathy, Oppenheimer, Steven B.

“…For over a decade our laboratory has developed and used a novel histochemical assay using derivatized agarose beads to examine the surface properties of…”
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Cellular differentiation in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme by Meeks, J.C, Campbell, E.L, Summers, M.L, Wong, F.C

“…Nostoc punctiforme is a phenotypically complex, filamentous, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, whose vegetative cells can mature in four developmental…”
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Characterization of a model system for the study of Nostoc punctiforme akinetes by ARGUETA, Claudia, SUMMERS, Michael L

“…Nostoc punctiforme is a filamentous cyanobacterium that is capable of dark heterotrophy and cellular differentiation into nitrogen-fixing heterocysts, motile…”
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Illumination stimulates cAMP receptor protein-dependent transcriptional activation from regulatory regions containing class I and class II promoter elements in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by Hedger, Jennifer, Holmquist, Peter C, Leigh, Kimberly A, Saraff, Kumuda, Pomykal, Christina, Summers, Michael L

“…1 California State University Northridge, Department of Biology, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330, USA 2 Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA The cAMP…”
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The Sinorhizobium meliloti Lon Protease Is Involved in Regulating Exopolysaccharide Synthesis and Is Required for Nodulation of Alfalfa by Summers, M L, Botero, L M, Busse, S C, McDermott, T R

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Expression and regulation of phosphate stress inducible genes in Sinorhizobium meliloti by Summers, M.L. (Montana State University, Bozeman.), Elkins, J.G, Elliott, B.A, McDermott, T.R

“…Sinorhizobium meliloti 104A14 was mutated with transposon Tn5B22, which creates lacZ transcriptional fusions when inserted in the correct orientation relative…”
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Transcriptional regulation of zwf, encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, from the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme strain ATCC 29133 by Summers, M L, Meeks, J C

“…The gene encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), zwf, in Nostoc punctiforme strain ATCC 29133 is part of a four-gene operon that also encodes…”
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