Transcript analysis of the pcbABC genes encoding the antenna apoproteins in the photosynthetic prokaryote, Prochlorothrix hollandica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-194

  Nikolaitchik, Olga A ^a   Bullerjahn, George S ^a  

^a Center for Photochemical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Photosynthetic antenna; Prochlorothrix; Promoter; Transcript stability

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; TIME;

APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLOROPHYLL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROCHLOROTHRIX; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROTHRIX; PROCHLOROTHRIX HOLLANDICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031790045     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00437-6     Document Type: Article

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