Biosynthesis of open-chain tetrapyrroles in Prochlorococcus marinus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Dammeyer, Thorben ^a,b   Michaelsen, Kristin ^b   Frankenberg Dinkel, Nicole ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilin; Bilin reductase; Linear tetrapyrrole; Marine phytoplankton; Phycoerythrin; Prochlorococcus

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS;

BILE PIGMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TETRAPYRROLES;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS;

EID: 34249038613     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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