Genetics of eubacterial carotenoid biosynthesis: A colorful tale

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue , 1997, Pages 629-659

  Armstrong, Gregory A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Isoprenoids; Photooxidative protection; Photosynthesis; Provitamin A; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUTEIN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030818333     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.629     Document Type: Review

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