Effects of light and chloramphenicol stress on incorporation of nitrogen into cyanophycin in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6308

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1725, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Allen, Mary M ^a   Yuen, Courtney ^a   Medeiros, Lea ^a   Zizlsperger, Nora ^a   Farooq, Maliha ^a   Kolodny, Nancy H ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophycin; Light; Nitrogen; NMR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYANOPHYCIN; MONOMER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRESS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIGHT; NITROGEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 24344461784     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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