Efficient Phage-Mediated Pigment Biosynthesis in Oceanic Cyanobacteria

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 442-448

  Dammeyer, Thorben ^a   Bagby, Sarah C ^b   Sullivan, Matthew B ^c   Chisholm, Sallie W ^b,c   Frankenberg Dinkel, Nicole ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

15,16 DIHYDROBILIVERDIN IXA; 15,16-DIHYDROBILIVERDIN IXA; BILIVERDIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; PHYCOBILIN; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYCOERYTHROBILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BILIVERDINE; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, VIRAL; HEME OXYGENASE-1; MYOVIRIDAE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYCOBILINS; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 42049110060     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.067     Document Type: Article

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