Characterization of a glucosylglycerol-phosphate-accumulating, salt-sensitive mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-91

  Hagemann, Martin ^a   Richter, Stefan ^b   Zuther, Ellen ^a   Schoor, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Glucosylglycerol phosphate; Osmoprotective compounds; Random cartridge mutagenesis; Salt adaptation; StpA protein; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0029785357     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050360     Document Type: Article

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