The significance of C16 fatty acids in the sn-2 positions of glycerolipids in the photosynthetic growth of synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Plant Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 546-556

  Okazaki, Kumiko ^a   Sato, Norihiro ^b   Tsuji, Noriko ^b   Tsuzuki, Mikio ^b   Nishida, Ikuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; OLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLYCEROLIPIDS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC GROWTH; PUTATIVE ACYLTRANSFERASE GENES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; GROWTH; OLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 33745647585     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.075796     Document Type: Article

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