A suppressor mutation in the α-phycocyanin gene in the light/glucose-sensitive phenotype of the psbK-disruptant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1561-1567

  Kobayashi, Mari ^a   Okada, Katsuhiko ^b   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cpcA; Light glucose sensitive; Phycocyanin; psbK; Sequence substitution; Template switching

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PHYCOCYANIN; PSBK PROTEIN, CYANOBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SUPPRESSOR GENE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; GLUCOSE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYCOCYANIN; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 26444544186     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci169     Document Type: Article

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