Targeted inactivation of the gene psaK encoding a subunit of photosystem I from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-16

  Nakamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Hasegawa, Miki ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; P700; Photosystem; PsaK; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803; Targeted mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE INACTIVATION; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; PHOTOSYSTEM I; TEMPERATURE;

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0033014401     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029479     Document Type: Article

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