The biosynthetic pathway for synechoxanthin, an aromatic carotenoid synthesized by the euryhaline, unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7966-7974

  Graham, Joel E ^a,b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SYNECHOXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUE GENE; EURYHALINE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 57349197924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00985-08     Document Type: Article

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