An insertion element prevents phycobilisome synthesis in N2-fixing Synechocystis sp. strain BO 8402

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1964-1968

  Brass, Susanne ^a   Ernst, Anneliese ^a   Böger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029890516     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1964-1968.1996     Document Type: Article

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