Construction and characterization of a phycobiliprotein-less mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 577-580

  Ajlani, Ghada ^a,b   Vernotte, Claudie ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Apc genes; Fluorescence; Gene inactivation; Photosystems; Phycobiliproteins; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MUTATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032104835     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005924730298     Document Type: Article

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