Chimaeric CP47 mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 carrying spinach sequences: Construction and function

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-162

  Vermaas, Wim F J ^a   Shen, Gaozhong ^a,c   Ohad, Itzhak ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gene replacement; photosynthesis; Photosystem II; thylakoid membranes; transformation

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0029959864     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041005     Document Type: Article

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