Complete separation of the β,ε- and β,β-carotenoid biosynthetic pathways by a unique mutation of the lycopene cyclase in the green alga, Scenedesmus obliquus

FEBS Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 158-162

  Bishop, Norman I ^a   Urbig, Thomas ^b   Senger, Horst ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast development; Light harvesting complex; Lutein; Mutants of Scenedesmus; Photosynthetic apparatus; , and , Carotenoid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME; PIGMENT; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; GREEN ALGA; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALGAE, GREEN; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ISOMERASES; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER, PLANT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 0029053302     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00510-G     Document Type: Article

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