Phototactic motility in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 512-518

  Yoshihara, Shizue ^a   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGAR; BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHYTOCHROME; PILIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; ILLUMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

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

EID: 3242815442     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b402320j     Document Type: Article

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