Phycobiliprotein genes of the marine photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorococcus: Evidence for rapid evolution of genetic heterogeneity

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3171-3182

  Ting, C S ^a   Rocap, G ^a   King, J ^a   Chisholm, S W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Light harvesting complex; Phycoerythrin; Phylogeny; Relative rates of evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIGHT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE; SEA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035163637     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-11-3171     Document Type: Article

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