title: Temporal orchestration of glycogen synthase (GlgA) gene expression and glycogen accumulation in the oceanic picoplanktonic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain WH8103.
abstract: Glycogen is accumulated during the latter half of the diel cycle in Synechococcus sp. strain WH8103 following a midday maximum in glgA (encoding glycogen synthase) mRNA abundance. This temporal pattern is quite distinct from that of Prochlorococcus and may highlight divergent regulatory control of carbon/nitrogen metabolism in these closely related picocyanobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, United Kingdom. mw4@stir.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wyman
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thom
mesh_terms: D001683:Biological Clocks; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006006:Glycogen Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D048929:Prochlorococcus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006003:Glycogen; D006006:Glycogen Synthase