Insertional inactivation studies of the csmA and csmC genes of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme 8327: The chlorosome protein CsmA is required for viability but CsmC is dispensable

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 353-361

  Chung, Soohee ^a   Shen, Gaozhong ^a   Ormerod, John ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorosome; Green sulfur bacterium; Interposon mutagenesis; Light harvesting antenna; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; GENE INSERTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORGANELLES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM SP.; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

EID: 0032528062     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00238-9     Document Type: Article

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