Involvement of the C-Terminal Extension of the α Polypeptide and of the PucC Protein in LH2 Complex Biosynthesis in Rubrivivax gelatinosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3143-3152

  Steunou, Anne Soisig ^a   Ouchane, Soufian ^a   Reiss Husson, Françoise ^a   Astier, Chantal ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA POLYPEPTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE; PROTEIN PUCC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUCB GENE; PUCC GENE; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 2342550638     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3143-3152.2004     Document Type: Article

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