Directed mutagenesis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puhA gene and Orf 214: Pleiotropic effects on photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting 1 complexes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2334-2342

  Wong, D K H ^a,b   Collins, W J ^a   Harmer, A ^a   Lilburn, T G ^a,c   Beatty, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029885004     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2334-2342.1996     Document Type: Article

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