A cyanobacterial gene, sqdX, required for biosynthesis of the sulfolipid sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 543-545

  Güler, Sinan ^a,b   Essigmann, Bernd ^b   Benning, Christoph ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; LIPID; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GLYCOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0343851738     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.543-545.2000     Document Type: Article

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