Phycobilisome rod mutants in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4147-4156

  Ughy, Bettina ^a,b   Ajlani, Ghada ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTATION; OPERON; PHYCOBILISOMES; PHYCOCYANIN; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 11044233973     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27498-0     Document Type: Article

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