Physical mapping of bchG, orf427, and orf177 in the photosynthesis gene cluster of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: Functional assignment of the bacteriochlorophyll synthetase gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3175-3182

  Addlesee, Hugh A ^a   Fiedor, Leszek ^b   Neil Hunter, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PORPHYRINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0034118966     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.11.3175-3182.2000     Document Type: Article

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