Targeted mutagenesis of acyl-lipid desaturases in Synechocystis: Evidence for the important roles of polyunsaturated membrane lipids in growth, respiration and photosynthesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6416-6425

  Tasaka, Yasushi ^a   Gombos, Zoltán ^a,b   Nishiyama, Yoshitaka ^a   Mohanty, Prasanna ^a   Ohba, Tetsuhiko ^c   Ohki, Kazuo ^c   Murata, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyl lipid desaturase; Membrane glycerolipid; Photoinhibition; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLYCEROLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIPID METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0029804115     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01033.x     Document Type: Article

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