Characterization of the photosystem I subunits PsaI and PsaL from two strains of the marine oxyphototrophic prokaryote Prochlorococcus

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-191

  Van Der Staay, Georg W M ^a   Moon Van Der Staay, Seung Yeo ^a   Garczarek, Laurence ^a   Partensky, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Photosynthesis; Photosystem I; Prochlorophyte; PsaI; PsaL

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME LIBRARY; HYDROPHILICITY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS;

EID: 0031792824     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006098510768     Document Type: Article

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