Minimal genomes, maximal productivity: Comparative genomics of the photosystem and light-harvesting complexes in the marine cyanobacterium, Prochlorococcus

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Ting, Claire S ^a   Ramsey, Meghan E ^a   Wang, Yvette L ^a   Frost, Alana M ^a   Jun, Esther ^a   Durham, Timothy ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll b containing cyanobacteria; Environmental stress; Genomic diversity; Global comparative genomics; Oxychlorobacteria; Pcb light harvesting antenna

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 67649118581     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9455-x     Document Type: Article

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