Effect of the nitrogen source on phycobiliprotein synthesis and cell reserves in a chromatically adapting filamentous cyanobacterium

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 611-622

  Liotenberg, Sylviane ^a   Campbell, Douglas ^a,b   Rippka, Rosmarie ^a   Houmard, Jean ^a   Tandeau De Marsac, Nicole ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calothrix sp. PCC 7601; Cyanophycin; Glycogen; Light harvesting antennae; Nitrogen assimilation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLYCOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; TOLYPOTHRIX SP. PCC 7601;

EID: 0030002855     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-3-611     Document Type: Article

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