Genetic complementation and kinetic analyses of Rhodobacter capsulatus ORF1696 mutants indicate that the ORF1696 protein enhances assembly of the light-harvesting I complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1759-1765

  Young, C S ^a   Reyes, R C ^a   Beatty, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031897110     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1759-1765.1998     Document Type: Article

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