Thioredoxin is involved in oxygen-regulated formation of the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-106

  Pasternak, Cecile ^a,c   Haberzettl, Kerstin ^c   Klug, Gabriele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032957437     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.100-106.1999     Document Type: Article

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