In Vivo Regulation of Glutamine Synthetase Activity in the Marine Chlorophyll b-Containing Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus sp. Strain PCC 9511 (Oxyphotobacteria) †

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2202-2207

  El Alaoui, Sabah ^a   Diez, Jesús ^a   Humanes, Lourdes ^a   Toribio, Fermín ^a   Partensky, Frédéric ^b   García Fernández, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL B; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHLOROPHYLL; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0035348493     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2202-2207.2001     Document Type: Article

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