β-carotene hydroxylase gene from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 560-564

  Masamoto, Kazumori ^a   Misawa, Norihiko ^b   Kaneko, Takakazu ^c   Kikuno, Reiko ^d   Toh, Hiroyuki ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Hydroxylase; Synechocystis PCC6803; Zeaxanthin; Carotene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE HYDROXYLASE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ZEAXANTHIN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0031750450     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029405     Document Type: Article

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