Genetic disruption of the respiratory NADH-ubiquinone reductase of Rhodobacter capsulatus leads to an unexpected photosynthesis-negative phenotype

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Dupuis, Alain ^a   Peinnequin, André ^a,b   Darrouzet, Elisabeth ^a   Lunardi, Joël ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

lactate dehydrogenase; NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase; photosynthesis deficiency; respiratory chain; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0031106208     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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