Alteration of low-temperature susceptibility of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 by genetic manipulation of membrane lipid unsaturation

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-28

  Sakamoto, Toshio ^a   Shen, Gaozhong ^a   Higashi, Shoichi ^b   Murata, Norio ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chilling tolerance; Cyanobacterium; Fatty acid desaturase; Low temperature acclimation; Membrane lipid; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; NITROGEN; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031934655     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050536     Document Type: Article

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