Zn, Cu and Co in cyanobacteria: Selective control of metal availability

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 165-181

  Cavet, Jennifer S ^a   Borrelly, Gilles P M ^a   Robinson, Nigel J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metallochaperone; Metallothionein; P1 type ATPase; Synechococcus PCC 7942; Synechocystis PCC 6803; Thylakoid copper

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COPPER ION; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; COPPER METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0038579428     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00050-0     Document Type: Review

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