Myxoxanthophyll is required for normal cell wall structure and thylakoid organization in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 6883-6892

  Mohamed, Hatem E ^a   Van De Meene, Allison M L ^a   Roberson, Robert W ^a   Vermaas, Wim F J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CAROTENOID; CYANOPHYCIN; DIMETHYLFUCOSE; FUCOSE; FUCOSE SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROSPORENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ZETA CAROTENE DESATURASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; GENE DELETION; MYXOXANTHOPHYLL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS STRAIN PCC 6803; THYLAKOID; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; GENE DELETION; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE FUCOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THYLAKOIDS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 26444528988     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.20.6883-6892.2005     Document Type: Article

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