Mutants of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 lacking alr1690 and α-furA antisense RNA show a pleiotropic phenotype and altered photosynthetic machinery

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 430-437

  Hernández, José A ^a   Alonso, Idoia ^a   Pellicer, Silvia ^a   Luisa Peleato, M ^a   Cases, Rafael ^b   Strasser, Reto J ^c   Barja, François ^c   Fillat, Maria F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alr1690 furA RNA message; Chl a fluorescence; Cyanobacteria; FurA; OJIP transient

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77649179438     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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