Phototaxis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Role of different photoreceptors

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1481-1488

  Fiedler, Brita ^a   Börner, Thomas ^a   Wilde, Annegret ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPH2 PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVOPROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHYTOCHROME; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

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

EID: 29844444446     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-06-28-RA-592     Document Type: Article

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