Coregulation of the syntheses of bacteriochlorophyll and pigment- binding proteins in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-204

  Rödig, Jörg ^a   Jock, Susanne ^a,b   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis; Oxygen regulation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033040815     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050699     Document Type: Article

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