Disruption of a spe-like open reading frame alters polyamine content and psbA-2 mRNA stability in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Botanica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Mulo, Paula ^a   Eloranta, Terho ^b   Aro, Eva Mari ^a   Mäenpää, Pirkko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arginine decarboxylase; mRNA stability; Polyamines; psbA 2; spe gene; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031885651     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00680.x     Document Type: Article

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