Phosphatidylglycerol depletion induces an increase in myxoxanthophyll biosynthetic activity in Synechocystis PCC6803 cells

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 374-382

  Domonkos, Ildiko ^a   Malec, Przemyslaw ^b   Laczko Dobos, Hajnalka ^a   Sozer, Ozge ^a   Klodawska, Kinga ^b   Wada, Hajime ^c   Strzalka, Kazimierz ^b   Gombos, Zoltan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Myxoxanthophyll; PG depletion; Photosynthesis; Protection; Synechocystis PCC6803

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ECHINENONE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THYLAKOID;

CAROTENOIDS; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THYLAKOIDS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 60149091408     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn204     Document Type: Article

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