Nine Mutants of Chlorobium tepidum Each Unable to Synthesize a Different Chlorosome Protein Still Assemble Functional Chlorosomes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 646-653

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Milks, Kirstin J ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; CAROTENOID; PROTEIN CSMA; PROTEIN CSMB; PROTEIN CSMC; PROTEIN CSMD; PROTEIN CSME; PROTEIN CSMF; PROTEIN CSMH; PROTEIN CSMI; PROTEIN CSMJ; PROTEIN CSMX; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBIUM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM;

EID: 1642541013     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.3.646-653.2004     Document Type: Article

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