sll1961 is a novel regulator of phycobilisome degradation during nitrogen starvation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1093-1096

  Sato, Hanayo ^a   Fujimori, Tamaki ^a   Sonoike, Kintake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nutrient limitation; Photosystem stoichiometry; Phycobilisome degradation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHYCOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SLL1961; NBLA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHYCOBILISOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

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

EID: 40849085028     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.063     Document Type: Article

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