The PsbY protein is not essential for oxygenic photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1267-1272

  Meetam, Metha ^a   Keren, Nir ^b   Ohad, Itzhak ^b   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM; CELL GROWTH; CHLORIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; LIGAND; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEADY STATE; WILD RELATIVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GENETTA; PISTORIUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0033401280     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.4.1267     Document Type: Article

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