Coordinate up-regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis as a response to light stress in Synechococcus PCC7942

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1349-1356

  Schäfer, Lutz ^a   Sandmann, Manuela ^a   Woitsch, Sonja ^b   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenogenic genes; Light regulation; Photooxidation; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE; KINETICS; LIGHT EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UP-REGULATION; XANTHOPHYLLS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

EID: 33744958149     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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