The cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 possesses a close homologue to the chloroplast ClpC protein of higher plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 721-730

  Clarke, Adrian K ^a   Eriksson, Mats Jerry ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chaperone; cyanobacteria; gene expression; heat shock; protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0030198323     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00019460     Document Type: Article

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