The 38 kDa chlorophyll a/b protein of the prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica is encoded by a divergent pcb gene

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 709-716

  Van Der Staay, Georg W M ^a,b   Yurkova, Natalya ^a   Green, Beverley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a b proteins; CP43; IsiA gene; Pcb genes; Prochlorophyte; Prochlorothrix

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROPHYTES; PROCHLOROTHRIX; PROCHLOROTHRIX HOLLANDICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032033064     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005930210515     Document Type: Article

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