The molecular basis of sensing and responding to light in microorganisms

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory for Microbiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptochromes; Photoreceptor proteins; Phototaxis; Phytochromes; Rhodopsins; Xanthopsins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOTOACTIVE YELLOW PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTAXIS;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLUE LIGHT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHROMATOPHORE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GREEN LIGHT; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILA; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA;

EID: 0036427580     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020521424582     Document Type: Article

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