Cyanobacterial psbA gene family: Optimization of oxygenic photosynthesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3697-3710

  Mulo, Paula ^a   Sicora, Cosmin ^b,c   Aro, Eva Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Biological Research Center   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophage; D1 protein; PsbA gene; Regulation of gene expression; Stress responses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; D1 1 PROTEIN; D1 2 PROTEIN; D1 M PROTEIN; D1 PROTEIN; D1' PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT DAMAGE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSBA GENE; REVIEW; SPECIES; STRESS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 70749136825     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0103-6     Document Type: Review

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