... PCR, using primers5¢-ATTTCGATCATGCAGGCCG-3¢ and 5¢-GGAAGAACCGTGCATTACC-3¢, and labeled with [a- 32P]dCTP using a Megaprime labeling kit (Amersham Pharmacia, Piscataway,NJ, USA). Hybridization ... PO &Matthews RG (2002) Adaptation to famine: a family of stationary-phase genes revealed by microarray analysis.Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99, 13471–13476.30 Glatz A, Horva´th I, Varvasovszki ... helpfuldiscussion and Mr N. J. Halewood for his kind help in the correction of the English. They are also indebtedto Mr Masato Sasahara, Ms Yuka Katsuki andActivation of expression of fbaA in Synechocystis...