A phytochrome-like protein AphC triggers the cAMP signaling induced by far-red light in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Okamoto, Shinobu ^a,d   Kasahara, Masahiro ^b   Kamiya, Asako ^a   Nakahira, Yuka ^a   Ohmori, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID; CYCLIC AMP; NITROGEN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; APHC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAR RED LIGHT; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN CONTENT; RED LIGHT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; WASTE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 12944323197     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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