Transcriptional and translational regulation of photosystem I and II genes in light-dark- and continuous-light-grown cultures of the unicellular cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 519-526

  Colón LÓPEZ, Milagros S ^a,b   Sherman, Louis A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0031888026     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.519-526.1998     Document Type: Article

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