Inactivation of the monocistronic rca gene in Anabaena variabilis suggests a physiological ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase-like function in heterocystous cyanobacteria

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-478

  Li, Lih Ann ^a   Zianni, Michael R ^a   Tabita, F Robert ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activase; CO2 fixation; Cyanobacteria; Rca gene; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYARABINITOL 1 PHOSPHATE; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBULOSE BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE OXYGENASE; WILD RELATIVE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033150311     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006251808625     Document Type: Article

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