Expression of a higher plant light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding protein in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 561-570

  He, Qingfang ^a   Schlich, Thomas ^b   Paulsen, Harald ^b   Vermaas, Wim ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a b binding proteins; Cyanobacteria; Light harvesting proteins; Pigment binding; Thylakoids

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PEA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PISUM SATIVUM; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0033565352     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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