A comparative study of bchG from green photosynthetic bacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-115

  Garcia Gil, L Jesús ^a   Gich, Frederic B ^b   Fuentes Garcia, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Bacterio)chlorophyll synthase; bchG, Bacteriochlorophyll a; Green phototrophic bacteria; Polyprenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BCHG GENE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CHLORONEMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEIFLEXUS CASTENHOLZII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CHLORONEMA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEIFLEXUS CASTENHOLZII;

EID: 0344211830     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0506-3     Document Type: Article

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