Genetic manipulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 5210-5220

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Maresca, Julia A ^a   Yunker, Colleen E ^a   Jones, A Daniel ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CAROTENE; CAROTENOGENIC ENZYME; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID 1',2' HYDRATASE; CAROTENOID CIS TRANS ISOMERASE; GAMMA CAROTENE DESATURASE; HYDROLYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZETA CAROTENE DESATURASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROSOME; CRTB GENE; CRTC GENE; CRTH GENE; CRTP GENE; CRTQ GENE; CRTU GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; WILD TYPE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROBIUM; CIS-TRANS-ISOMERASES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HYDRO-LYASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 3843106844     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.16.5210-5220.2004     Document Type: Article

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