Clustering of genes with function in the biosynthesis of bacteriochlorophyll and heme in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme

Hereditas

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Petersen, Bent L ^a   Møller, Marianne G ^a   Stummann, Bjarne M ^a   Henningsen, Knud W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; HEME;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROBIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

EID: 0030499601     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1996.00093.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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